Jodell
Meaning of Jodell
Jodell is a mid-twentieth-century Anglo-American feminine name created by combining the Hebrew-derived element Jodi (from Joseph, “Jehovah has heard”) with the Old English dell (“small valley”). From an onomastic perspective, it exemplifies a postwar US trend toward blended formations that prioritize balanced phonetic structure and bucolic association over strict semantic unity—the literal “God hears the valley” functions more as a lexical curiosity than a coherent doctrinal statement. Minnesota birth records from 1951 through 1970 document annual occurrences between five and sixteen girls, peaking at rank 129 in 1952 before gradually receding. Though it never achieved widespread popularity, Jodell’s measured rarity and controlled cadence confer a quietly distinctive character within the corpus of mid-century American feminine names.
Pronunciation
British English
- Pronunced as joh-DEL (/dʒoˈdel/)
American English
- Pronunced as joh-DEL (/dʒoʊˈdɛl/)
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