Name
JOEL

Name JOEL

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 527,585 births of Joel in the countries below, which represents an average of 3,715 births of children bearing the first name Joel per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 4,545 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Joel   
In Italiano Nome Joel   
Available variants : Joél , Joèl , Joêl , Joël , Joēl , Jóel , Jöel


Information about the first name Joel

We celebrate Joel on July 13th
The first name Joel is listed in our categories :The first name Joel has been assigned to:
99.76% to boys
0.24% to girls
The country where the first name Joel is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Joel

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Joel : Eljo, Jeol, Jole, Olej

Joel in Japanese *

Romajijoeru
Katakanaジョエル
Hiraganaじょえる
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Joel in Japanese
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Joel in sign language

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Joel in binary language

01101010 01101111 01100101 01101100

Origin and meaning of name Joel

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Hebrew יוֹאֵל‎ (yoél, “Yahweh (is) God”). As a medieval French and English given name, it is also from Breton Judicaël (related to Joyce and Jocelyn). Cf. Elijah.
Anagrams src :
  • jole
Pronunciation src :
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒəʊ(ə)l/
  • Rhymes: -əʊəl, -əʊl
Proper noun src :
  • Joel
  • A male given name from Hebrew
  • (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  • (biblical) A minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons.
ES Spanish
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /xoˈel/ [xoˈel]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: Jo‧el
Proper noun src :
  • Joel m
  • (biblical) Joel (the book of the Bible)
  • (biblical) Joel (prophet)
Afrikaans
Etymology src :
  • From Dutch joelen.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /jul/
Verb src :
  • joel (present joel, present participle joelende, past participle gejoel)
  • to shout, to jeer, to cheer, to bawl
Slovak
Proper noun src :
  • Joel m anim (genitive singular Joela, nominative plural Joelovia, declension pattern of chlap)
  • (religion) Joel
Polish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Latin Ioel, from Ancient Greek Ἰωήλ (Iōḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹאֵל‎ (yoél).
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈjɔ.ɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɛl
  • Syllabification: Jo‧el
Proper noun src :
  • Joel m pers
  • (biblical) Joel (Biblical character)
  • a male given name, equivalent to English Joel
PT Portuguese
Pronunciation src :
  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl
  • Hyphenation: Jo‧el
Proper noun src :
  • Joel m
  • (biblical) Joel (a book of the Bible)
  • (biblical) Joel (a minor biblical prophet)
  • a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joel
SE Swedish
Proper noun src :
  • Joel c (genitive Joels)
  • (biblical) Joel.
  • a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin
IT Italian
Etymology src :
  • From various languages, ultimately from Hebrew יוֹאֵל‎.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔ.el/
  • Rhymes: -ɔel
Proper noun src :
  • Joel ?
  • A male given name in English, Basque, Catalan, Cebuano, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Manx, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Scots, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, or Welsh
  • A surname in English or German
NL Dutch
Pronunciation src :
  • Rhymes: -ul
Verb src :
  • joel
  • inflection of joelen:
  • first-person singular present indicative
  • imperative
FI Finnish
Etymology src :
  • From Hebrew יוֹאֵל‎ (yoél).
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈjoel/, [ˈjo̞e̞l]
  • Rhymes: -oel
  • Syllabification(key): Jo‧el
Proper noun src :
  • Joel
  • (biblical) Joel.
  • a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin
Proper noun (Statistics) src :
  • Joel is the 80th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 8,643 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,552 more), and also belongs to 7 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
DK Danish
Proper noun src :
  • Joel
  • (biblical) Joel.
  • a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin
DE German
Proper noun src :
  • Joel
  • (biblical) Joel.
  • a male given name from Biblical Hebrew
 

Popularity of the name Joel

Number of JOEL births per year

Popularity of the name Joel
Popularity of the name Joel

Total births of Joel by country

Births with the first name Joel
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
272,698
505
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
143,910
510
ESSpain
2002 - 2021
18,914
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
18,219
3
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
14,129
6
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
8,875
6
SESweden
1998 - 2022
7,407
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
7,385
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
5,235
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
4,254
155
FIFinland
2003 - 2022
4,098
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
3,625
26
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
3,501
0
MXMexico
2017 - 2021
3,002
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
2,619
5
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
2,578
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
1,478
42
CLChili
2010 - 2021
1,074
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
1,040
2
NONorway
1945 - 2022
775
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
368
0
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
328
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
277
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
181
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
176
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
115
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
62
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
2
0
Popularity of the name Joel

Total births of Joel by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Joel
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
1,735
0
MXMexico
2021
702
0
ESSpain
2021
443
0
DEGermany
2022
429
1
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
310
0
FIFinland
2022
212
0
SESweden
2022
120
0
ITItaly
2021
118
0
ARArgentina
2015
108
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
90
0
CLChili
2021
61
0
ONOntario
2019
42
0
ATAustria
2021
40
0
NONorway
2022
34
0
FRFrance
2022
24
0
BCBritish Columbia
2022
15
0
NZNew Zealand
2022
15
0
QCQuebec
2022
13
0
ABAlberta
2022
11
0
IEIreland
2022
10
0
PLPoland
2022
8
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
2
0
DKDenmark
2022
2
0

Comments on the name Joel

Personalities with the first name Joel

There are 325 personalities with the first name Joel

Haley Joel Osment src

United states of america
Actor Stage actor Voice actor Television actor Film actor

Joel Schumacher (Joel T. Schumacher) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Costume designer Film director Film producer Director

Jason Derülo (Jason Joel Desrouleaux) src

United states of america
Dancer Film actor Actor Composer Singer Record producer Singer-songwriter Musician Songwriter Rapper Vocalist

Joel Mchale (Joel Edward Mchale) src

United states of america Italy
Film actor Game show host Screenwriter Actor Writer Television producer Voice actor Television actor

Joël Matip (Job Joël André Matip) src

Germany
Association football player

Joel Campbell src

Costa rica
Association football player

Joël src


Prophet

Deadmau5 (Joel Thomas Zimmerman) src

Canada
Composer Disc jockey Record producer Music executive Recording artist

Joel Griffiths src

Australia
Association football player

Joël Veltman (Joël Ivo Veltman) src

Kingdom of the netherlands
Association football player


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Joel
Full list of personalities with the first name Joel

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Joel

There are 2488 actors and actresses with the first name Joel
Joel Oulette
Joel Federico Laczlò Wüstenberg
Joel Tamir
Joel Eisenblätter
Joel Rosenthal
Joel Courtney
Joel Abadal
Joel Homan
Joel Lopez
Joel Palencia
Joel Pitts
Joel Roberts
Joel Gavin Glazer
Joel Maccormack
Joel Basman
Joel Bosqued
Joel Ander
Joel Goonan
Joel Wetterstein
Joel Marx
Joel Palmer
Joel Someone
Joel Olofsson
Joel Austin
Joel Kelley Dauten
Joel Meyer-England
Joel Dell'agnolo
Joel Cross
Joel Brandenstein
Joel Paul Reisig

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Joel
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Joel

Rankings of first name JOEL by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#47FI Finland2022
#77ES Spain2021
#97CH Switzerland2021
#98SE Sweden2022
#136AR Argentina2015
#146MX Mexico2021
#155NO Norway2022
#157IT Italy2021
#158DE Germany2022
#166AT Austria2021
#173GB United Kingdom2021
#191CL Chili2021
#213US United State of America2022
#278BC British Columbia2022
#279ON Ontario2019
#318NZ New Zealand2022
#364QC Quebec2022
#383AB Alberta2022
#393IE Ireland2022
#445PL Poland2022
#543CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#1087DK Denmark2022
#1436FR France2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#10987DE Germany2022
Other boys' names around Joel
JOEGARJOEGEJOEHJOEHANNESJOEHARNJOEIJOEILSONJOEJJOEKJOEKIM JOEL JOÉLJOÈLJOÊLJOËLJOĒLJÓELJÖELJOELADUJOELAHJOELAN

Other girls' names around Joel
JOEFYJOEHANAJOEHANNAHJOEHANNEJOEIJOEIDYSJOEIIJOEIMYJOEIRYAJOEKIESHA JOEL JO'ELJOËLJOELAJOËLAJOELAINEJOELANEJOELANNEJOELBAJOELCIJOELCIA

Names that are phonetically close to Joel
JOEAL JOEEL
JOELA JOELE
JOELH JOELI
JOELL JOELY
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