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First Name
1k
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
225k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Powell mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Powell

User Submitted Origins

Welsh
65%
English
23%
German
4%
Scottish
2%
African American
2%
Hebrew
2%
African
2%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. According to 3 people from all over the world, the name Powell is of Welsh / English origin and means "Son of God".
  2. A user from Cyprus says the name Powell means "'Pool' or 'Of the Pool'. Comes from pwll, Welsh word meaning pool".
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  1. English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)
    Synonyms: cecil frank powell
  2. United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)
    Synonyms: colin luther powell and colin powell
Wiktionary

The anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel, son of Hywel. As an English surname, sometimes also derived from the given name Paul.

  1. An English and Welsh surname​.
  2. A small town in DeKalb County, Alabama.
  3. An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.
  4. A ghost town in Cass County, Missouri.
  5. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska.
  6. A city in Delaware County, Ohio.
  7. An unincorporated community in Edmunds County, South Dakota.
  8. A ghost town in Haakon County, South Dakota.
  9. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee.
  10. A small town in Navarro County, Texas.
  11. An unincorporated community in the town of Sherman, Iron County, Wisconsin.
  12. A city in Park County, Wyoming.
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Notable Persons Named Powell

Notable Persons Named Powell

Powell Janulus

Powell was born in 1939. Powell is also known as Powell Alexander Janulus.

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Powell Clayton

Powell Clayton was a civil engineer. He was most prominent from 1871 to 1877. His military service ended in 1865. Powell was born on August 7th, 1833 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He left this life on August 25th, 1914.

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Powell St. John

Powell St. John is a singer-songwriter.

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Pauline Weaver

Pauline Weaver was a frontier and frontiersman. Pauline was given the name Powell Weaver in 1797 in White County, Tennessee. He breathed his last breath on June 21st, 1867.

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Powell A. Moore

Powell was born on January 5th, 1938.

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Powell Pierpoint

Powell was born in 1922. He breathed his last breath in 1998.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Powell

Notable Persons With the Last Name Powell

Colin Powell

Colin Powell is a 65th United States Secretary of State, 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and 16th National Security Advisor. His military service ended in 1993. Colin was born on April 5th, 1937.

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Laurene Powell Jobs

Laurene Powell Jobs is a business executive. Laurene was given the name Laurene Powell on November 6th, 1963 in West Milford, New Jersey.

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Glen Powell

Glen Powell is an actor, writer, and producer. Glen was given the name Glen Thomas Powell, Jr. on October 21st, 1988 in Austin, Texas, United States.

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Enoch Powell

Enoch Powell was a Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Minister of Health, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and Secretary of State for Health. His military service ended in 1945. Enoch was given the name John Enoch Powell on June 16th, 1912 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. He left this life on February 8th, 1998.

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Cynthia Lennon

Cynthia was given the name Cynthia Powell on September 10th, 1939 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. She breathed her last breath on April 1st, 2015.

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Eleanor Powell

Eleanor Powell was a dancer and actress. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1928 to 1928. Eleanor was given the name Eleanor Torrey Powell on November 21st, 1912 in United States. She left this life on February 11th, 1982.

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  • William Powell
    Actor
  • Dina Habib Powell
    President of the Goldman Sachs Foundation
  • Dick Powell
    Actor
  • Jane Powell
    Actress
  • Robert Powell
    Actor
  • Nick Powell
    Soccer Player
  • Julie Powell
  • Asafa Powell
    Athlete
  • Lewis Powell
    Criminal
  • Brittney Powell
    Actor
  • Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
    Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  • Billy Powell
    Musician
  • Clifton Powell
    Actor
  • Georgie Fame
    Musician

Common last names for Powell

Common first names for Powell

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Powell U.S.
█  White 67.20% 64.26%
█  African American 27.12% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.46% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.62% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.29% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.31% 16.26%

Of Last Name Powell

People with the last name Powell are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Powell

  • What name lists does Powell rank for?
    #101Popular Surnames
  • How Popular is the name Powell? Powell is the 8,660th most popular name of all time. As a last name Powell was the 101st most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Powell have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,433 babies born with the first name Powell in the United States. That's more than enough people named Powell to occupy the territory of Tokelau (New Zealand) with an estimated population of 1,411 (as of October 18, 2011).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Powell? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1883 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Powell first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Powell is Thursday, November 10th, 1870.
  • What year had the most people named Powell born? The highest recorded use of the first name Powell was in 1919 with a total of 32 babies.
  • Random Powell Factoid: According to the 1937 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Powell is not a popular baby boy's name in Mississippi. Imagine that, only 5 babies in Mississippi have the same name in 1937.
  • Weird things about the name Powell: The name spelled backwards is Llewop. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Llowpe. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Powell? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 224,874 people with the last name Powell.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Powell? Powell was ranked as the 101st most popular last name but is still less than 0.1% of the population!
    • Powell name meaning

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