Idelle
Feminine
Idelle has at least two plausible parents and no documented one. Its opening is shared with a Greek word that began as a technical literary term and ended up meaning a state of happiness.
How old is the name Idelle?
Idelle first appears in US birth records in 1895 — 130 years ago. The typical Idelle alive today was born around 1922, making them about 103 years old. About 200 people named Idelle are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Idelle most popular?
Idelle peaked in 1902, reaching #1024 nationally. See the whole 1902 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Idelle
An idyll in Greek was a little picture: a short descriptive poem, usually a scene of country life with shepherds in it. The genre is associated with Theocritus, and the poems are more knowing than their reputation suggests, written for a sophisticated city audience amused by rustics. Because the scenes were pleasant, the word slid from describing a kind of poem to describing the kind of life in the poem, and an idyllic afternoon is now one where nothing goes wrong. The same word gave English idol by a different route entirely, from a Greek word about images, which is why the two look related and are not.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Ida with a French ending and Adele with an altered front are both offered, and neither is documented. Names of this build frequently had no single parent.
Pronouncing Idelle
eye-DELL
Two syllables with the weight on the second. ih-DELL, with a short first vowel, is also heard.
Nicknames for Idelle
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1895
- Most girls named
- 192136 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1024reached in 1902
- Change vs 1975
- +20.0%6 in 1978, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Idelles among us
people named Idelle are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Idelle sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Ida and Del are both available as short forms and both work on their own.
- The stress is usually unmistakable, so first attempts land correctly.
- It is short on paper and quick to write.
- Two readings of the first vowel are in circulation and the spelling settles neither.
- Adelle, Idella and Odell are all in the record and will be confused with it.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has two candidates and no answer.
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Frequently asked
- How many Idelles are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Idelle are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Idelle in 2025?
- Idelle is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Idelle with classmates?
- Idelle will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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