Given name & surname
Jerrell
“one who rules with the spear”
Jerrell is a variant of Jarrell. One English interpretation is “one who rules with the spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jerrell is a variant of Jarrell. One English interpretation is “one who rules with the spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jerrell 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 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jerrell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,298
- 7,207 boys · 91 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 242 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #4,936 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,936 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 40.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 242 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,831 as a first name in 2020; 1,032 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.
Jerrell’s family of names
Jerrell has a related form in Jarrell.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Jerrell
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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