Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Juel isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Juel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,726
- 1,073 boys · 653 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #4,942 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,942 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,088 as a first name in 2020; 501 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.
Juel’s family of names
In Danish usage, Juel as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Yule.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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