Joel
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| Gender: | male | |
| Pronunciation: | JOLE, JO-wel | |
| Meaning: | Yahweh is his God, God | |
| Related Names: | Joelle, Joely, Jude, Noel, Noelle, Joe, Jo, Jo-Jo, Jael, Yael |
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ORIGIN AND HISTORY
Hebrew, Yow'el[1]
The name Joel in Western Society comes from Hebrew, but also has an origin in Indian languages, where the name Joel simply means God. In Hebrew, the name Joel comes from Ioel (Yoel), and a common phrase is 'Yahweh is God', so the Lord is God. Joel is one of the Books in the Bible, and one of the minor prophets. Some suggest that he might have been a priest in Judah. [1]
The name Joel is commonly used as a male name in the U.S., but can also be a given name for a girl. Joelle is a more common feminine form of the name Joel and is either considered to be the feminization of the name Joel, or to be a form of putting 'Jo' and 'Elle' together into one name. [1]
POPULARITY
In the last hundred years, the name Joel has gone from being 336th most popular baby boys' name to 124th most popular baby boys' name in the U.S.. It peaked in the 1980's, when it was the 69th most popular boys' name. [1] Joel as a feminine name does not make it onto the U.S. popular names list.
The name Joel is also popular in other countries, listed below starting with the countries where it ranks the highest:
- Catalonia
- Sweden
- Australia
- Spain
- New Zealand
- North Ireland
- England
- Canada
- Norway
- Belgium
FACTS
- July 13th is the name day for Joel in France, Sweden and Norway.
- July 14th is the name day for Joel in Estonia. [1]
NAMESAKES
- Billy Joel: musician born in 1949: a singer-songwriter and master pianist, one of his most famous songs is 'Piano Man'.
- Haley Joel Osment: an actor born in 1988, he is most famous for his roles in 'The Sixth Sense' and 'A.I.: Artificial Intelligence'.
- Joel Douglas (born in 1947) is a movie producer, the son of Kirk Douglas.
- Joel Turner is a musician with the band The Modern Day Poets.
NICKNAMES
OTHER JOEL'S
Joel Ackermann, Joel Hatfield, Joel Madison, Joel Sawyer, Joel Age, Joel Baggarley, Joel Ingram, Joel Wyatt, Joel Cline, Joel Quinn, Joel Baenz, Joel Leblanc, Joel Rankin, Joel Oneill, Joel Blake, Joel Lee, Joel Alamandarez, Joel Abbott, Joel Hampton, Joel Morgan, Joel Baird, Joel Abbey, Joel Bacalso, Joel Campbell, Joel Bacha, Joel Backaler, Joel Nguyen, Joel Saunders, Joel Jimenez, Joel Harrell, Joel Agus, Joel Rocha, Joel Bird, Joel Gentry, Joel Franks, Joel Baich, Joel Adam, Joel Abstetar, Joel Backstrom, Joel Baese, Joel Abdullah, Joel Addis, Joel Abenth, Joel Babinec, Joel Acken, Joel Stevenson, Joel Ahrenberg, Joel Hayes, Joel Farrell, Joel Whitley, More results
Author: Rachel Hanson, +Sabertooth
NOTES
<http://www.zianet.com/maxey/Proph6.htm/> <http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Joelle/> <http://www.yeahbaby.com/baby-names-popularity.php?name=Joel/> <http://www.yeahbaby.com/world-name-popularity.php?name=Joel/> <http://www.yeahbaby.com/name-days-saints-day.php?name=Joel/>
| Gender | male + |
| Length | 4 + |
| Meaning | Yahweh is his God, God + |
| Meaningnc | yahweh is his god, god + |
| Name | joel + |
| Origin | Hebrew + |
| Popularity | 2 + |
| Pronunciation | JOLE, JO-wel + |
| Rank in 2000s | 122 + |
| Related | Joelle +, Joely +, Jude +, Noel +, Noelle +, Joe +, Jo +, Jo-Jo +, Jael +, and Yael + |
