Given name & surname
Joela
“Jehovah is God; God is willing”
Joela is a variant of Joelle. In Hebrew use, Joelle carries the interpretation “Jehovah is God; God is willing.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Joela is a variant of Joelle. In Hebrew use, Joelle carries the interpretation “Jehovah is God; God is willing.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Joela connects to the Joel name family through Joelle. An origin associated with Joel is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Joela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 0 boys · 17 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 158 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Joela’s family of names
Joela has a related form in Joelle. In Occitan usage, Joela has a conventional equivalent in the French form Joëlle.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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