Jezreel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JEZ-ree-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Jezreel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God sows”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Jezreel mean?
Hebrew: biblical place and personal name
“God sows”
Jezreel is a fertile valley in northern Israel and the name of the prophet Hosea's first son.
Is Jezreel a girl's or a boy's name?
Jezreel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jezreel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Jezreel, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Jezreel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
How popular is Jezreel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Jezreel, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Jezreel in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 30% of the babies named Jezreel in the US were girls.
Jezreel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
Names like Jezreel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim, Muhammad, Musa, Elijah, Ismail, Josiah, Jonah, Axel, Jude, Elias, Zakariya, Gabriel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jezreel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jezreel, updated 20 October 2026.