Watchmans hill
Derived from an English surname, it combines the Old English elements 'weard', meaning guard or watchman, and 'hyll', meaning hill. It originally referred to someone who lived near a hill used for keeping watch or a beacon hill.
Less common today
Wardell isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,790 in 1990.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
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