Jewell

Girl · English

Jewell

Say it: JOO-ul

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Meaning

A variant of Jewel, from Old French jouel 'jewel'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Used for both sexes in the US around 1890 to 1930.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1900s

In the United States

05010018801900192019401960198020002020Girls 1910Boys 1906per 100,000 babies of that sex
  • 34,021 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1907, about 1 in 1,100 girls
  • 18 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

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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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