Girl · English
Jewel
Say it: JOO-ul
Meaning
From Old French jouel 'jewel'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used as a given name in the US since the late 1800s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 45,751 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1904, about 1 in 1,200 girls
- 258 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jewell
Famous bearers
- Jewel, American singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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