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Joel.

A male given name from Hebrew.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l/General-American/d͡ʒoʊˈɛl/General-American/ˈd͡ʒəʊ(ə)l/Received-Pronunciation/d͡ʒəʊˈɛl/Received-Pronunciation

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.

  2. A surname from Hebrew.

  3. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

  4. A minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons.

Where this word comes from

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.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.