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 [ 2 syll. je-wel(l), jew-e-ll ] The boy name Jewell is also used as a girl name, and more often so. Its pronunciation is JHUWehL KEY. Jewell's origin, as well as its use, is in the English language. Jewell is a variant spelling of the name Jewel (English). Jewell is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1906, 0.018% of baby boys were given the name Jewell. Its ranking then was #435. The baby name has since markedly declined in popularity, and is now of infrequent use. Out of all boy names in its group, Jewell was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2008. Jewell has in the past century been predominantly given to girls. In 1948, girls named Jewell outnumbered boys by 6 times. Baby names that sound like Jewell include Jalal (Arabic and Urdu), Jaleel (Arabic and English), Jalil (Arabic and English), Jalu (Polish), Jaylee (English), Jewel (English), Jockel (German), Joel (English and German), Joël (French), Julie (English), July (English), Juul (Dutch), Jal, Jowell (English), Jule (English), Julio (Spanish), Gioele (Italian), Giulio (Italian), Jael, and Jesekijel (Russian). KEY: Pronunciation for Jewell: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
