# Jewell

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #35,791

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
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).

## Easily confused with
- **jewels** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jewell-vs-jewels)
- **jewelry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jewell-vs-jewelry)
- **jell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jell-vs-jewell)
- **jewel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jewel-vs-jewell)
- **Jekyll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jekyll-vs-jewell)
- **jeweler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeweler-vs-jewell)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ejwell`, `jeewll`, `jewlel`, `jewwell`, `jjewell`, `jweell`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jewell