Joel

Hebrew

"Jehovah is his God"

Joel Origin and Meaning

The name Joel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Jehovah is his God".

In the Old Testament, Joel was one of King David's 'mighty men' and the name was taken up by the Puritans of the sixteenth century. In the mid 1960s, Joel entered the Top 100, and stayed there for about twenty years, as parents tried to jazz up and formalize old standby Joe by reviving this biblical name.

Current notable bearers include entertainer Joel Grey, half of the filmmaking Coen brothers, musician Joel Madden, and TV's Joel McHale. Joel Chandler Harris created Uncle Remus.

Joel Rank in US Top 1000

# 219 in the US

Joel Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 275 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Joel

• 219 US 2024
• 275 Nameberry 2025
• 343 Future 2028
• 209 England 2024
• 87 Germany 2016
• 118 Netherlands 2015
• 73 Spain 2023
• 79 Portugal 2014
• 146 Mexico 2021
• 95 sweden 2022
• 24 Finland 2024
• 133 switzerland 2024

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Famous People Named Joel

• 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.

The name 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"

International Variations of the name Joel

• Jöel French
• Yoel Hebrew