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Verdell

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Pronounced vur-DEL /vɚˈdɛl/Medium

Meaning: Verdell extends the vintage names Verda and Verdie with the popular early-century suffix -ell. Those base names come from Latin 'viridis', 'green' or 'flourishing', the same root behind words like 'verdant'. Verdell therefore carries a sense of freshness and green growth, dressed in the -ell ending that produced so many names of its era.Low

In 30 seconds: Verdell builds Verda or Verdie into a fuller name with the -ell ending (said 'vur-DEL'), from Latin 'viridis', 'green'. It reads as a fresh, early-century American coinage.
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Origin MediumLatin, English
MeaningVerdell extends the vintage names Verda and Verdie with the popular early-century suffix -ell. Those base names come from Latin 'viridis', 'green' or 'flourishing', the same root behind words like 'verdant'. Verdell therefore carries a sense of freshness and green growth, dressed in the -ell ending that produced so many names of its era.
U.S. rank (1982)#12270 ↘ Falling
1982 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1932
Total births (all-time)≈ 2,085

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 193719071982

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Verdell is an American elaboration of Verda and Verdie, names rooted in Latin 'viridis', 'green' or 'verdant'. The added -ell suffix was hugely fashionable in the late eighteen-hundreds and early nineteen-hundreds, generating a whole class of names. Verdell reads as fresh and green, a homegrown formation rather than an imported classic.

It crested near sixty girls a year around 1932 and then declined through the century into rarity. A woman given it at its peak would belong to the Depression-era generation, and it reads today as a distinctly vintage coinage, warm but firmly of its time.

Did you know? Verdell belongs to the great early-century fashion for -ell and -elle endings, which turned trim roots like Verda into fuller names — the same impulse behind Odell, Wardell and Cordell.
Overall data confidence 55%
References — Verdell — Verda/Verdie + -ell; Latin viridis 'green'

Variations

VerdaVerdieVerdella

Nicknames

VerdDell

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If you like Verdell…

Verda— the base name Verdell extends, same green root
Verdie— a sister short form in the same family
Verna— a like 'green'-rooted vintage girls' name
Odell— a same-era -ell name with the identical ending

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Verdell mean?

Verdell is an elaboration of Verda or Verdie, from Latin 'viridis', 'green' or 'verdant'.

How do you pronounce Verdell?

It's said vur-DEL /vɚˈdɛl/ — two syllables, stress on the second.

Is Verdell a boy or girl name?

Verdell is used here as a girl's name.

How popular is Verdell?

Verdell was an uncommon name that crested in the early nineteen-thirties and has been rare ever since.

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