Given name & surname
Jarrel
“one who rules with the spear”
Jarrel is a variant of Jarrell. One English interpretation is “one who rules with the spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jarrel is a variant of Jarrell. One English interpretation is “one who rules with the spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jarrel is a variant of Jarrell. An origin associated with Jarrell is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jarrel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,019
- 1,019 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 64 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 64 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 752 as a first name in 2020; 146 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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