Jenell

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jenell by the numbers

Jenell was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 92 babies in 1981, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Jenell

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jenell. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jenellegraceful; a form of Janelle65 in the US (2017)
  • Jewella precious stone; jewel; ornament50 in the US (2017)
  • Janell36 in the US (2017)
  • Jerell7 in the US (2017)
  • Jenelly5 in the US (2017)
  • Janellegod is gracious; feminine form of Jan or John617 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jenell

Names that are said the same way as Jenell, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jeanellegod is gracious; a form of Jeanne or Jean20 in the US (2017)
  • Jennellegod is gracious; elaboration of Jenny or Jennifer10 in the US (2017)
  • Genelle9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jenell

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