"Blend of Jean and Nell"
The name Jeanell is commonly a female name from the "American" origin.
Jeanell is a modern American formation that joins the given names Jean and Nell. Jean is the French feminine form of John, and Nell is an English short form of Eleanor or Helen. The combined form appears in United States birth records from 1926, which fits the period when similar joined and suffixed feminine names entered American use.
The pronunciation of Jeanell is juh-NEL.