Jewell - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Jewell \je-well, jewe-ll\ is a variant of Jewel (Old French), and the meaning of Jewell is "plaything, delight".

The baby name Jewell sounds like Jewelle and Jewella. Other similar baby names are Jenell, Jenelle, Jenella, Janell, Jemelle, Jewelyn, Jonell, Jodell, Jowelle, Jowella, Joell and Nowell.

Jewell is a very common first name for women (#584 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#1423 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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