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Joel

OriginHebrew
Meaning"Jehovah is his God"
GenderBoy

About Joel

Variation of Yoel

1 syllable.

As of September 2026, Joel ranked #219 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #65 in 1981, Nameberry popularity #302.

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Famous Joels

  • Joel

    of the tribe of Reuben (1 Chr. 5:4)

  • Joel

    prince of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:35)

  • Joel

    the chief of the children of Gad (1 Chr. 5:12)

  • Joel

    brother of Michael, Obadiah, and Ishiah; of the tribe of Issachar (1 Chr. 7:3)

  • Joel

    father of Elkanah; son of Azariah; of the tribe of Levi (1 Chr. 6:36)

  • Joel

    the prophet Samuel's son (1 Sam. 8:2)

  • Joel

    father of the singer Heman; son of Shemuel; of the House of Kohath (1 Chr. 6:33)

  • Joel

    chief of the sons of Gershom (1 Chr. 15:7)

  • Joel

    valiant man in King David's armies; brother of Nathan (1 Chr. 11:38)

  • Joel

    minor prophet in the Old Testament

  • Joel

    Levite in King Hezekiah's reign; son of Azariah (2 Chr. 29:12)

  • Joel

    of the sons of Nebo (Ezra 10:43)

  • Joel

    son of Zichri; governor of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:9)

  • Joel Rueben Madden

    American singer and actor

  • Joel Edward McHale

    American actor and comedian

  • Joel Smallbone

    Australian,american Christian singer, songwriter and actor

  • Joel Gordon Hodgson

    American writer and comedian

  • Joel Albert McCrea

    American actor

  • Joel Grey

    American actor, singer, and dancer

  • Joel Carver Whitburn

    American author and historian

  • Joel Coen

    American film producer

  • Joel T. Schumacher

    American director and producer

  • Joel Silver

    American film producer

  • Joel Reinders

    Canadian football player

  • Joel Clifford Dreessen

    American football player

  • Joel Thomas Zimmerman

    Canadian progressive,house music DJ and performer

  • Joel Kevin Gosselin

    son of American TV personalities Jon & Kate Gosselin

  • Joel Kinnaman (born Charles Joel Nordström)

    Swedish,American actor

  • Joel Garland

    American actor

  • Joel Scott Osteen

    American preacher, televangelist, and author

  • Joel Plaskett

    Canadian musician

  • Billy Joel

    singer

  • Joel Fletcher Charles Birch

    vocalist for Australian band The Amity Affliction

  • Joel Dommett

    English comedian and presenter of 'The Masked Singer UK'

  • Joel Berghult AKA Roomie

    Swedish youTuber, singer-songwriter and music producer based in Los Angeles, California.

Joel in pop culture

  • Joel

    twenty,ninth book in the Bible

  • Joel Robinson

    character on TV's "Mystery Science Theatre 3000"

  • Joel Graham

    character on TV's "Parenthood"

  • Joel Fleischman

    character on TV's "Northern Exposure"

  • Joel Cairo

    character in film "The Maltese Falcon"

  • Joel Harrison Knox

    unloved 13,year,old boy in "Other Voices, Other Rooms" (1948) by Truman Capote

  • Joel

    character in the Pegasus Series by Kate O'Hearn

  • Joel Barish

    character in film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

  • Joel Miller

    character in video game "The Last of Us"

Variations & nicknames

  • JöelFrench
  • YoelHebrew

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