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What does Jewel mean?
Jewel ▼ as a girls' name is pronounced JEW-al. It is of Old French origin, and the meaning of Jewel is "plaything, delight". Literally, a precious gem. The given name may derive from its use as a term of affection as well as the 19th century vogue for jewel names like Beryl and Ruby. Pop singer Jewel.
ASSOCIATED WITH precious, 19th century
Variations
VARIANTS Jewelene, Jewelisa, Jewell▼, Jewella, Jewelle, Jewelyn, Juelline
RELATION VIA BERYL, RUBY Beril
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Jeel, ..
(male) Jewbal, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jewel Francesca (J.F.), ..
How popular is Jewel?
Jewel is a very prominent first name for women (#522 out of 4276, Top 12%) and also a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#27439 out of 150436, Top 18%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Jewel reached its highest rank of #219 in the U.S. during 1900-1909, and is at #866 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Jewel (#866 IN RECENT RANKINGS) ranked in the Top 2000 are Beryl, Jewell and Ruby (#74). These relations of Jewel reached the top of their popularity a century ago (USAGE OF 0.9%) and are now significantly less common (USAGE 0.23%, 75% LESS), with versions such as Jewell becoming less fashionable.
Similar Names
Jewel▼ is alike in pronunciation to Jael▲, Jayel, Jayil, Jil, Jill▼, Joell, Jowelle, Jyl and Jyll. Other recommended sound-alike names are Janel▼, Jearl, Jenee, Jenell, Jere, Jeree, Jeriel, Jonel, Junel, Merel, Neel and Nowel. These names tend to be less commonly used than Jewel.
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