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Jewell
Rank in 2024
#11,659
Born in 2024
6
Peak year
1923 · #516
Origin
Celtic, English
Also recorded for girls:11 in 2024 (#9,262)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 6 boys were named Jewell, about 1 in every 285,886.
- It peaked in 1923 with 139 babies, ranked #516.
- It first shows up in the records in 1883.
- 4,679 boys have been named Jewell since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jewell per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,947 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Silent: 1,254 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 702 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 269 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 183 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 111 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 83 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Medieval/Middle English form of a Breton saint's name, from Old Breton Judicaël "lord" + "generous." The second element is from hael (“generous, bountiful”) and identical to Welsh hael (“generous”) (see that entry for details).
- A male given name from the Celtic languages transferred back from the surname.
- A female given name from English, of rare usage, variant of Jewel.
- Origin
- Celtic, English
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jewell, CC BY-SA 4.0.