Given name

Yaël

Yaël is a given name from Hebrew. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Yaël comes from Hebrew.

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How it developed

From Hebrew יעל.

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Yaël’s family of names

In English usage, Yaël has a related form in Yael.

Walk Yaël’s family in the name graph

YaëlYaelיעל

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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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.

Similar names

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Hebrew

Yaëlle

Yaëlle is a feminine given name from Hebrew. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

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Ísmael

Ísmael is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Icelandic.

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Hebrew

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“beautiful, comely”

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Hebrew

Ayil

Ayil is a surname from Hebrew.

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Hebrew · Biblical

Abdeel

“servant of God”

No U.S. birth series

98% boys · 2% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Asarel

“happy with God”

No U.S. birth series

60% boys · 40% girls

Hebrew

Isabèl

Isabèl is a feminine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Occitan.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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