Joel

proper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈd͡ʒəʊ(ə)l//
United Kingdom//d͡ʒəʊˈɛl//
United States//ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l//
United States//d͡ʒoʊˈɛl//
//ˈd͡ʒɒl//

A male given name from Hebrew.

proper noun

1
A male given name from Hebrew.
2
A surname from Hebrew.
3
A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
4
A minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons.
The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

Etymology

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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Joel · A male given name from Hebrew.

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