Joel

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Gender Masculine
Usage English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, Biblical
Scripts יוֹאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.əl/(English) /ˈd͡ʒoʊl/(English) /xo.ˈel/(Spanish) /ˈʒwɛɫ/(European Portuguese) /ʒo.ˈɛw/(Brazilian Portuguese) YO-ehl(Swedish) /ˈjo.el/(Finnish)

Meaning & History

From the Hebrew name יוֹאֵל (Yoʾel) meaning "Yahweh is God", from the elements יוֹ (yo) and אֵל (ʾel), both referring to the Hebrew God. Joel is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Joel, which describes a plague of locusts. In England, it was first used as a Christian name after the Protestant Reformation.