Boy · Hebrew
Joel
Say it: JOHL
Meaning
From Hebrew Yo'el 'YHWH is God'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Taken from the Bible by Puritans and used steadily in the US.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1980s
In the United States
- 273,550 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1980, about 1 in 391 boys
- 1,826 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
Famous bearers
- Joel, Hebrew prophet
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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