Given name
Jearl
“a precious gem of the sea”
Jearl is a form of Pearl. One Latin interpretation is “a precious gem of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In American use, Jearl carries the interpretation “a precious gem of the sea.” Jearl is a form of Pearl. One Latin interpretation is “a precious gem of the sea.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Jearl is used as a form of Pearl.
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
Jearl through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 596
- 542 boys · 54 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 29 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 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 1941. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 326 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jearl’s family of names
Jearl is a form of Pearl. Jearl has a related form in Jearline. Jearl has a related form in Jearla.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jearlinevariant
- Jearleighvariant
- Jearleevariant
- Jearleyvariant
- Jearlivariant
- Jearleavariant
- Jearlinavariant
- Jearlyvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jearl
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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