Given name
Jarvell
“one who wields a spear”
Jarvell is a variant of Jarvis. One French interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jarvell is a variant of Jarvis. One French interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jarvell is a variant of Jarvis. A possible origin is Middle English, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jarvell is a variant of Jarvis. The history of Jarvis gives this family its wider story. Jarvis’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jarvell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 29 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 7 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 6 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1997.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jarvell’s family of names
Jarvell has a related form in Jarvis.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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