Joël
\ʒɔ.ɛl\♂French boy's name
A French boy's name of Latin origin, first recorded around 1100.
At a glance
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| First recorded | about 1100 |
| Pronunciation | \ʒɔ.ɛl\ |
| Also spelled | Joel |
Origin and meaning
From Hebrew יוֹאֵל (yo'él, “Yahweh (is) God”). As a medieval French and English given name, it is also from Breton Judicaël (related to Joyce and Jocelyn). Cf. Elijah.
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- United States
- Spain
- Germany
- Switzerland
- Denmark
- Norway
- Sweden
- Finland
- Estonia
Around the world
- GermanJoel
- EnglishJoel
- BasqueJoel
- BretonYoel
- CorsicanGhjuellu
- DanishJoel
- SpanishJoel
- FinnishJoel
- IrishIóéil
- WelshJoel
- GreekΙωήλ
- HungarianJóel
- ItalianGioele
- Japaneseヨエル
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Arthur Crbz (France (Occitanie)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).