Herschell

boys:

1.1k births since 1897

#3537 (23rd percentile)

overall:

1.1k births since 1897

#6680 (14th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Herschell".

1897 1997 18971997

Key Statistics

Total Births
1,059
Peak Births
33
Peak Year
1924
First Recorded
1897
Peak Percentile
5.1%
Current Percentile
0.0%
Peak Rank
#218
Current Rank
#792
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Herschell

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Herschell. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 89.5% confident that Herschell is pronounced as HER-shuhl. The next most likely pronunciation is HER-shehl, at 10.5% confidence.

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HER-shehl (2 syllables)
10.5% confidence
HH ER1 SH EH0 L

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Herschell. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Herschell, please vote using the thumbs up button.

her-AY-shee-oh (4 syllables)
1 name 1.4k births
HH ER0 EY1 SH IY0 OW0

Names with this pronunciation:

HER-chuhl (2 syllables)
3 names 543 births
HH ER1 CH AH0 L

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like HH ER1 SH AH0 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.