# Jewell (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jewell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “lord”, “generous.”, “generous”, “bountiful” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jewel |
| US babies named this | 34,126 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,684 / 29,442 (86% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Medieval/Middle English form of a Breton saint's name, from Old Breton Judicaël "lord" + "generous." The second element is from hael (“generous, bountiful”) and identical to Welsh hael (“generous”) (see that entry for details).

## What it means

Jewell is grouped under god.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 4,187 |
| 2012 | 43 | 3,675 |
| 2013 | 31 | 4,580 |
| 2014 | 49 | 3,295 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3,884 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,955 |
| 2017 | 39 | 3,880 |
| 2018 | 38 | 3,883 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,519 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,460 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6,827 |
| 2022 | 22 | 5,716 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,246 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,214 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,651 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 12 | 6,843 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,406 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,364 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,451 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,425 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,269 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,331 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,852 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,885 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,195 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,233 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,483 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,092 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,572 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,872 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |

## People named Jewell

- Jewell Loyd, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Jewell Marceau, American pornographic actress
- Jewell, American R&B singer (1968–2022)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.