A reader named Laurie is trying to find a name for her baby boy:
I am white, my boyfriend is black. […] The problem is he does not want a “ghetto” baby name, but I don’t want a plain old “Matt or Jeff” name. He seems to be stuck on the name Martell but it reminds me of the name Martin…I hate it. He has now said he wants the name to end in -tell, as in “Dontell” (his brother). I am not creative enough to think of any names that end in -tell, please help me.
I couldn’t come up with many -tell names, either. But there are plenty of names that end with an L-sound, such as:
Abdul Ansel Axel Cordell Cornell Darnell Darrell Denzel Derrell Donell Durrell Emmanuel Ezekiel | Farrell Ferrell Gabriel Harrell Howell Ishmael Jamal Jarrell Jemuel Jerrell Joel Khalil Kordell | Latrell Lemuel Lindell Lionel Lowell Lydell Markell Maxwell Mitchell Montel Nathaniel Nemuel Newell | Nigel Parnell Phanuel Randal Roswell Russell Shamal Shemuel Terrell Tyrel Vernell Wendell Zuriel |
Do any of you have other name suggestions or advice for Laurie?