Given name & surname
Jerrel
“one who rules with the spear”
Jerrel is a variant of Jarrell. One English interpretation is “one who rules with the spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jerrel is a variant of Jarrell. One English interpretation is “one who rules with the spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jerrel 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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jerrel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,474
- 2,448 boys · 26 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 58 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −62%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 58 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,525 as a first name in 2020; 102 as a surname in 2000.
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.
People named Jerrel
- Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkDutch association football player and managerborn 1972
- Jerrel FellerDutch sprinterborn 1987
- Jerrel WilsonAmerican football player (1941-2005)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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