Joel

Short, simple, and meaningful. It’s a good name to consider and works well with a decent amount of languages.

What a short, but cute biblical name for a boy. What's unique is this name is also underused, so it's not as common.

This is my grandfather's name (: I never met another Joel irl and I don't see it a lot in media either but The Last Of Us is one of my fav franchises and the mc being a Joel is a slight influence lolol. I think it is nice.

It's a nice and friendly name.

This is a very uncommon name. I used to find it grating to the ears, but I’ve changed my mind. I think that it has a certain music to it, and I enjoy it now. People named Joel, embrace your name.

Billy Joel, the "Piano Man". Some of his more famous songs include "Piano Man", "Uptown Girl", "We Didn't Start the Fire", and "New York State of Mind".

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I love the name Joel. I think it's simple yet handsome! Online it says it's popular but I've only ever met one! I love the nickname Joe.

I think Joel sounds pretty cool.

I think Joel is a nice name. It sounds cool. It's unique yet recognizable, short and sweet and easy to spell/pronounce. It's soft but has a lot of strength at the same time. I like that it's a biblical name too.
Overall, I think Joel is a beautiful name.

My name is Jo’El and I AM a female in the human race. I AM a nice person and a Taurus! Hugs.

I personally love this name so much. It's very unique and I've only ever met one person with it, and he was very nice.

Really ugly!

Rough on my mouth.

Meh, decent enough name but I've never met any particularly friendly people with this name. Seems like everybody who I've met with this name were not nice.

I have never met a person named Joel who was a bad person. All of them have been good people. I love this name.

Joel is the best name ever! AWESOME.

Sorry, but I don't like it. It sounds wimpy and boring to me.

I like it, I’m adding it to my list. It’s both handsome and sweet sounding.

Joel is an awesome name, and I know a very kind Joel and his name suits him well. I prefer this over Joe.

Ugly eww! Sounds like hole/mole/skull ewww.

My favorite name for a man.

I am female and my mother named me Joël, pronounced Jo-El like Joelle. I am constantly assumed to be a man. Please do not name your girls Joël. At least spell it so that people do not question their sexuality and ask for ID all the time or expect a male when reading their name on a print off. I've been told that it is pretty to say, but when it comes to the spelling, people look at me cross-eyed and ask why?!? Mom said it was to help me get jobs easier as an adult. Thanks Ma. ;)I've given up on it and have just gone by Jo for years now. I hope this helps anyone debating on going in a "different" direction with this name.

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In the name meanings I have found "God's Will" or "God's will be done", seem the most repeated and in my case, accurate. I'm a stubborn and driven leader-type.

Joel is a rough name in my opinion. Makes me think of someone who's pushy and thinks he's better than everyone.

My husband's name. I love it.

Eh, fine enough name but from my experiences, "Joel" has belonged to complete jerks. Every single one. Don't have a problem with the name itself, just the certain personality the name seems to follow.

The name Joel is so not ugly! It's a handsome, beautiful, classic name that ages very well and I LOVE the sound of this name! :D.

I think the name Joel sounds like a wild, crazy, silly boy.

I love this. I'm not really fond of very religious names but, oh well. The sound of this is great. It makes me think of Howard Joel Wolowitz from The Big Bang Theory, and TBBT is one of my favourite tv-shows, and Howard makes me think of Dominic Howard, the Muse drummer, and Muse is my favourite band, so it makes me happy.
That's a lot of "and's".

I would only pronounce this 'JOLE', Jo-el sounds girly to me.

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It's a cool name.

Joel always makes me think of someone cool and popular, because I knew a Joel who was like that.

I like it, but pronounced JOL. Save "JO-el" for the girl's version "Joelle."

This name is so very sweet. I absolutely love it.

I don't think people know that this is a real French name. I think some people think Americans just made it up.

I love the name Joel! It sounds so sweet! :)

This name is kind of a guilty pleasure of mine. I DO like it, but only when pronounced "JO-el" like btn suggests it - and not "jo-EL" like some people in the forum seem to pronounce it (I ask myself why, actually). But I really, really prefer Noel, which sounds a bit more mature and not as cheesy.

Joel is a cool name. Not only does it just have interesting connotations, but it's also the name of one of the main characters in one of my favorite webcomics. It's for that very reason that it summons the color black to my mind.

Love, love, love this name. I like it better as JO-EL though, then JOLE.

Where I live Joel is pronounced JOLE. I prefer it pronounced JOLE. I only ever heard of it pronounced as Jole except for when I came onto this site and found out others prounounced it JO-EL. I think it is only pronounced JO-EL in foreign countries. I think Joel is a wonderful, classy name. I love it.

I LOVE the meaning of this name. And I LOVE how it sounds!

I don't understand this name. I mean why not only "Joe"? I don't really like Joe, but Joel sounds like Noel and for a guy it just bugs me.

I like it pronounced jo-el.

I personally think this name is a poetic, romantic, sensitive, classy, stylish, masculine kind of a name. :) I like it !

I love the name Joel. My best friend is called Joel. He's a really sweet guy and he's gay. I think Joel is the perfect name for him.

Joel is one of my favorite names. Strong, boyish and gentle. Not overly popular which is nice and the meaning of the name is nice too.

I really like the name Joel. I like that it means "the Lord is God." It actually gives me a good feeling inside.

I think Joel is a fantastic name. Everyone by the name 'Joel' that I know is wonderful. Overall my impression of the name is that it represents a sweet and gentle person.

Joel is a beautiful name. It sounds like a man who is compassionate and gentle, yet with a mischievious sense of humor.

Ugly, ugly, ugly.