Mandrill
Malay/Portuguese · Boy · 2 syllables
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About the name Mandrill
"Mandrill" derives from the combination of "man" (from French "mandril," itself from Malay "mandaru") and the suffix "-il," referring to a large, colorful West African primate with prominent facial features.
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Etymology
"Mandrill" derives from the combination of "man" (from French "mandril," itself from Malay "mandaru") and the suffix "-il," referring to a large, colorful West African primate with prominent facial features. The word entered European languages in the 17th century through Portuguese and Dutch traders' encounters with the animal.
The name has no significant cultural or religious association, as it is a zoological term adopted across Western scientific and common nomenclature with no particular ethnic, cultural, or religious origin or usage.
Mandrill currently ranks #3,892 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1976.
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