Etymology

Joel

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Today it means: A male given name from Hebrew. Full definition →

Hebrew יוֹאֵל ← Breton Judicaël
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The story

  1. Breton · borrowed fromJudicaël
  2. Hebrew · derived fromיוֹאֵל“Yahweh (is) God”
  3. English todayJoel

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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