Jewell (surname)

Jewell is an English surname, from a Celtic personal name composed of elements meaning 'lord' + 'generous', 'bountiful'.^{[ citation needed ]} The name does not derive from the gemstone jewel.

Notable people with this name include the following:

Surname

• Archie Jewell (1888–1917), English sailor who survived the sinking of the Titanic
• Arthur Jewell (1888–1922), English cricketer
• Buddy Jewell, country music singer
• Eilen Jewell, American singer, band-leader and songwriter based in Boise, Idaho
• Fred Jewell (1875–1936), composer and circus musician
• Geri Jewell, American actress
• Isabel Jewell (1907–1972), American film actress
• Jacob Jewell (d. 1884), circus owner
• Jake Jewell, American baseball player
• James Jewell (disambiguation), several people
• Jennyfer Jewell, New Zealand television actress
• Jerry Jewell, American voice actor
• Jimmy Jewell (disambiguation), several people
• John Jewel or Jewell (1522–1571), Bishop of Salisbury, England
• John Jewell (South African cricketer) (1891–1966)
• Josey Jewell (born 1994), American football player
• Catharine Newsome Jewell (1869-1936), American opera singer
• Lisa Jewell, British novelist
• Marshall Jewell (1825–1883), Governor of Connecticut
• Maurice Jewell (1885–1978), English cricketer
• Nick Jewell, Australian footballer and cricketer
• Norman Jewell (1913–2004), Royal Naval officer notable for his involvement in the World War II Operation Mincemeat
• Paul Jewell (born 1964), English footballer and manager
• Philip "Jimmy" Jewell (1953–1987), Welsh rock climber
• Richard Jewell (1962–2007), American security guard falsely accused in the bombing of the 1996 Olympic Games
• Richard G. Jewell, president of Grove City College
• Richard Roach Jewell (1810–1891), architect
• Sally Jewell, former United States Secretary of the Interior and CEO of REI
• Slater Jewell-Kemker (born 1992), American-Canadian filmmaker and climate activist
• Theodore Frelinghuysen Jewell (1844–1932), Rear Admiral, United States Navy
• Tony Jewell (footballer) (born 1943), Australian rules football player
• Tyler Jewell (born 1977), American snowboarder
• William S. Jewell (1867–1956), American lawyer and politician
• William Jewell (educator) (1789–1852), founder of William Jewell College in Missouri, US

Given name

Jewell is also occasionally used as a given name (or stage name), peaking in the late 1800s and early 1900s as a unisex given name.^{[ citation needed ]}

Men

• Jewell James Ebers (1921–1959), American electrical engineer
• Jewell Hicks, American architect
• Jewell James (born 1953), Lummi Nation master carver of totem poles, author, and an environmental activist
• Jewell Jones (born 1995), American politician
• Jewell Patek (born 1971), American politician and lobbyist
• Jewell Stovall (1907–1974), American Delta blues singer and guitarist
• Jewell Wallace (1907–1999), American football player and coach
• Jewell Waugh (1910–2006), American politician
• Jewell Williams (born 1957), American politician
• Jewell Young (1913–2003), American basketball player

Women

• Jewell (singer) (1968–2022), R&B singer signed to Death Row Records in the early 1990s
• Jewell Jean Busken (1975–1996), American student
• Jewell Jeannette Glass (1888–1966), American mineralogist and geosciences educator
• Jewell Loyd (born 1993), American professional basketball player
• Jewell Mazique (1913–2007), American activist
• Jewell Jackson McCabe (born 1945), founder of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women
• Jewell Parker Rhodes (born 1954), American bestselling novelist and educator

See also

• Jewelle Gomez (born 1948), American feminist writer