Journal
JUR-nuhl
A rare given name that looks like a modern word-name rather than a traditional Christian name.
Meaning
As a common noun, “journal” comes through French from a word meaning a day or daily record, ultimately tied to the idea of something done each day. As a personal name, though, it is not established in the excerpted 19th-century name books as a traditional Christian name, so any naming sense is best understood as modern and word-based rather than etymological in the usual historical-name sense.
Origin
EnglishFrenchvaries by culture
Fun fact
The supplied excerpts use “Journal” as a title of periodicals and in citations, not as a documented historical given name.