Jerrel

Where Jerrel comes from

Jerrel hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,392 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1940
    Peak, #982
    43 babies named Jerrel — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1941
    Jerrel Wilson born
    American football player
  4. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,445.
  5. 1987
    Jerrel Feller born
    Dutch sprinter
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Jerrel Feller · Dutch sprinter, born 1987
  • Jerrel Wilson · American football player, 1941–2005
  • Jerrel Britto · Trinidadian footballer, born 1992
  • Jerrel Venetiaan · Dutch kickboxer, born 1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.