Jezel

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jezel by the numbers

Jezel was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 18 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Jezel

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

  • Jewelprecious stone or ornament340 in the US (2017)
  • Jerel18 in the US (2017)
  • Jazel17 in the US (2017)
  • Jewella precious stone; jewel; ornament50 in the US (2017)
  • Jewelsprecious stones or ornaments; plural of Jewel50 in the US (2017)
  • Janelgod is gracious; form of jane32 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jezel

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

  • Jezelleunexalted; a form of Jezebel17 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jezel

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