Pipe, canal, or water channel
Derived from the Old French word 'chanel', this name originally referred to a canal or a physical water pipe. It likely originated as a topographic surname for someone living near a watercourse or as an occupational name for a maker of pipes.
Less common today
Channell isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,631 in 1990.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Cameroonian professional footballer
