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Jewell

Jewell proper noun: a surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun

Jewell (plural Jewells)

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. A male given name from the Celtic languages transferred back from the surname.
  3. A female given name from English, of rare usage, variant of Jewel.
  4. An unincorporated community in Marin County, California.
  5. An unincorporated community in Warren County, Georgia.
  6. A small city in Jewell County, Kansas.
  7. A hamlet in Oneida County, New York.
  8. An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon.

Forms of Jewell

pluralJewells

Origin of Jewell

Medieval/Middle English form of a Breton saint's name, from Old Breton Judicaël "lord" + "generous." The second element is from hael (“generous, bountiful”) and identical to Welsh hael (“generous”) (see that entry for details).

Words formed from Jewell

Questions about Jewell

What does Jewell mean?
Jewell means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What part of speech is Jewell?
Jewell is a proper noun.

Words near Jewell in the dictionary

  1. jewelfront
  2. jewelfronts
  3. jewelhouse
  4. jewelhouses
  5. jeweling
  6. Jewell
  7. Jewell County
  8. jewelled
  9. jewelled blennies
  10. jewelled blenny
  11. jewelled nawab

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Jewell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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