Jorel

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 27 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
27
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jorel by the numbers

Jorel was given to 27 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 49 babies in 1985, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Jorel

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

  • Joeljehovah is god; yahweh is lord2,248 in the US (2017)
  • Johelgod is merciful; a form of joel6 in the US (2017)
  • Joriel17 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jerel18 in the US (2017)
  • Jarel15 in the US (2017)
  • Jonel7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jorel

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

Names about as common as Jorel

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