Jowell

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 25 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
25
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jowell by the numbers

Jowell was given to 25 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 93 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Jowell

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

  • Jewella precious stone; jewel; ornament50 in the US (2017)
  • Joellthe lord is god; a form of Joel46 in the US (2017)
  • Jorell6 in the US (2017)
  • JonelleGod is gracious; a feminine form of Jon9 in the US (2017)
  • Johelgod is merciful; a form of joel6 in the US (2017)
  • Jarell35 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jowell

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

  • Joeljehovah is god; yahweh is lord2,248 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jowell

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