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Jewell

Jewell: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“precious stone”
Origin
English
Say it
JOO-uhl · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (86% of all uses)

Variant spelling of Jewel, from the English word ultimately derived from Old French jouel. It has also appeared as a surname and given name.

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How popular is Jewell?

20245.1 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Jewell in 202417

Peak year1907

Total US babies since 188034,107

Jewell is fading: recent use is about 50% of its level ten years before.

Names like Jewell

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jewelprecious stone · English
  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English

Jewell questions

What does the name Jewell mean?

Jewell means "precious stone". It comes from English. Variant spelling of Jewel, from the English word ultimately derived from Old French jouel. It has also appeared as a surname and given name.

Is Jewell a boy or girl name?

Jewell is mainly a girl's name in US records (86% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jewell?

17 US babies were named Jewell in 2024. Its peak year was 1907.

How do you pronounce Jewell?

Jewell is usually pronounced JOO-uhl.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.