Jerel

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 18 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jerel by the numbers

Jerel was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 166 babies in 1989, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Jerel

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 Jerel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jereappointed by God; a form of Jeremiah
  • Jarel15 in the US (2017)
  • Jermel12 in the US (2017)
  • Jerrel8 in the US (2017)
  • Jerell7 in the US (2017)
  • Jirehthe lord will provide21 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Jerel

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

Names about as common as Jerel

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