Joel

Meaning

1. A male given name from Hebrew.
2. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
3. A surname from Hebrew.
4. A minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons.

Etymology / origin

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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