Given name & surname
Joël
“Yahweh is God”
Joël is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in French and Dutch.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Joël goes back to Latin Joel, meaning “Yahweh is God.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Joël’s family of names
In French usage, Joël has a feminine form in Joëlle. In French usage, Joël has a conventional equivalent in the English form Joel. In French usage, Joël has a conventional equivalent in the Breton form Yoel.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Joël has relatives in 50 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
25 related names in 50 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Joël
- Joël VeltmanDutch association football player (born 1992)
- Joël DickerSwiss writer (born 1985)
- Joël BatsFrench football manager (born 1957)
- Joël RobuchonFrench chef (1945–2018)
- Joël AbatiFrench handball playerborn 1970
- Joël EpalleCameroonian manager and former footballerborn 1978
- Joël RobertMotocross racer (1943-2021)
- Joël PiroeSurinamese footballerborn 1999
- Joël KimwakiDemocratic Republic of the Congo footballerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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>99% boys
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80% boys · 20% girls
Japhlet
“he will deliver”
86% boys · 14% girls