Mystery baby name: Tremell

Graph of the usage of the baby name Tremelle in the U.S. since 1880
Usage of the baby name Tremelle

So here’s a multi-name mystery from the mid-1960s. Five very similar baby names — Tremell, Tremelle, Tremel, Trumell, and Tramell — all appeared for the first time in the U.S. data in 1966. The name Trammell, which wasn’t new to the data, re-emerged that year as well.

Name1965196619671968
Tremell.12*5.
Tremelle.12*..
Tremel.5*..
Trumell.5*..
Tramell.7*.5
Trammell.5..
*Debut

University of Alabama quarterback Pat Trammell would have been a good answer, but he played from 1958 to 1961 (much too early) and he died of cancer in 1968 (two years too late). Plus, none of the Tremell-babies I’ve found so far were born in Alabama.

I am seeing a number of them in Texas, though, which could be meaningful. And the multiple spellings suggest that the source was at least partially audio (e.g., a movie, a television show, a news report).

Do you have theories about what inspired this name-group?

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