Joel

See also: joel, Jóel, joël, Joël, and Joēl

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew יוֹאֵל‎ (yoél, “Yahweh (is) God”). As a medieval French and English given name, it is also from Breton Judicaël (related to Joyce and Jocelyn). Cf. Elijah.

Pronunciation[edit]

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l/, (some men) /d͡ʒoʊˈɛl/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒəʊ(ə)l/, (some men) /d͡ʒəʊˈɛl/
- Audio (Southern England, /ˈd͡ʒəʊl/) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊəl, -əʊl, (some men) -ɛl

Proper noun[edit]

Joel

Joel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Joel on Wikisource.Wikisource
Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

A male given name from Hebrew
(biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
(biblical) A minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joel 1:1:
  The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

Translations[edit]

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Joël (af) m
Arabic: سفر يوئيل‎
Armenian: Հովել (hy) (Hovel)
Basque: Joel (eu)
Bengali: যোয়েল (jōẇel)
Breton: Yoel (br) m
Burmese: ယောလအနာဂတ္တိကျမ်း (yau:la.a.nagatti.kyam:)
Catalan: Joel (ca)
Cebuano: Joel
Chinese:
Cantonese: 約珥書／约珥书 (joek³ ji⁵ syu¹)

Hakka: 約珥書／约珥书 (Yok-ngí-sû)

Mandarin: 約珥書／约珥书 (zh) (Yuē'ěrshū)

Min Dong: 約珥書／约珥书 (Iók-ngī-cṳ̆)
Corsican: Ghjuellu (co)
Czech: Joel
Danish: Joel
Dutch: Joël (nl)
Estonian: Joel (et)
Faroese: Jóel (fo) m
Finnish: Joel (fi)
French: Joël (fr)
German: Joel (de)
Greek: Ιωήλ (el) (Ioḯl)
Ancient: Ἰωήλ m (Iōḗl)
Greenlandic: Joeli (kl)
Gujarati: યોએલ (yoela)
Hawaiian: Ioʻela
Hebrew: יוֹאֵל‎ (he) (Yoel)
Hindi: योएल (yoel)
Hungarian: Jóel (hu)
Icelandic: Jóel (is) m
Ido: Ioel (io)
Indonesian: Yoël
Irish: Leabhar Ióéil m, Ióéil (ga) m
Italian: Gioele (it)
Japanese: ヨエル書 (Yoeru sho)
Kannada: ಯೋವೇಲ (yōvēla)
Kazakh: Жоел (Joel)
Khmer: យ៉ូអែល (youʼael)
Konkani: जोएल आचें पुसतक (joel ācẽ pustak)
Korean: 요엘서 (yoelseo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: یۆئێل‎ (yo'êl)
Latin: Ioel (la)
Latvian: Joēl (lv)
Limburgish: Joël
Lithuanian: Joelio knyga (lt) f
Malayalam: ജോയേലിന്റെ പുസ്തകം (jōyēlinṟe pustakaṁ)
Maltese: Ktieb Ġoel (mt)
Manx: Joel (gv)
Maori: Hoera (mi)
Marathi: योएल (yoel)
Nepali: योएल (yoel)
Norwegian: Joel (no)
Odia: ଯୋୟେଲ ଭବିଷ୍ୟ‌ଦ୍‌ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ (joyelô bhôbiṣyô‌d‌bôktaṅkô pustôkô)
Persian: یوئیل‎ (fa)
Polish: Księga Joela f
Portuguese: Joel (pt) m
Punjabi: ਯੋਏਲ (yoēla)
Romanian: Ioel m
Russian: Иои́ль m (Ioílʹ)
Scots: Joel
Scottish Gaelic: Ioel (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian: Knjiga proroka Joila, Joel
Sicilian: Jueli
Sinhalese: යෝවෙල් (yōwel)
Slovak: Joel
Slovene: Joel (sl)
Spanish: Joel (es) m
Swahili: Yoeli (sw)
Swedish: Joel (sv) c
Tagalog: Joel (tl)
Tamil: யோவேல் (yōvēl)
Telugu: యోవేలు (yōvēlu)
Thai: โยเอล
Urdu: یوایل‎ (evāel)
Waray-Waray: Joel
Welsh: Joel (cy) m
West Frisian: Joël
Zealandic: Joël

male given name

Afrikaans: Joël (af)
Armenian: Հովել (hy) (Hovel)
Basque: Joel (eu)
Breton: Yoel (br) m
Cebuano: Joel
Chinese:
Mandarin: 喬爾／乔尔 (Qiáo'ěr)

Min Dong: 約珥／约珥 (Iók-ngī)
Corsican: Ghjuellu (co)
Czech: Joel
Danish: Joel
Dutch: Joël (nl)
Estonian: Joel (et)
Faroese: Jóel (fo) m
Finnish: Joel (fi)
French: Joël (fr)
German: Joel (de)
Greek: Ιωήλ (el) m (Ioḯl)
Ancient: Ἰωήλ m (Iōḗl)
Greenlandic: Joeli (kl)
Hawaiian: Ioʻela
Hebrew: יוֹאֵל‎ (he) (yoel)
Hungarian: Joel (hu)
Icelandic: Jóel (is) m
Ido: Ioel (io)
Irish: Ióéil (ga) m
Italian: Gioele (it)
Japanese: ヨエル (Yoeru)
Kazakh: Жоел (Joel)
Latin: Ioel (la)
Latvian: Joēl (lv)
Limburgish: Joël
Lithuanian: Joelis m
Manx: Joel (gv)
Maori: Hoera (mi)
Norwegian: Joel (no)
Polish: Joel (pl) m
Portuguese: Joel (pt) m
Romanian: Ioel m
Russian: Джо́эл m (Džóel)
Scots: Joel
Scottish Gaelic: Ioel (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian: Joil m
Sicilian: Jueli
Slovak: Joel
Slovene: Joel (sl) m
Spanish: Joel (es)
Swahili: Yoeli (sw)
Swedish: Joel (sv) c
Tagalog: Joel (tl)
Waray-Waray: Joel
Welsh: Joel (cy) m
West Frisian: Joël
Zealandic: Joël

Anagrams[edit]

jole

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Hebrew יוֹאֵל‎.

Proper noun[edit]

Joel m

(biblical) Joel (prophet)
(biblical) Joel (book of the Bible)

Danish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Joel

(biblical) Joel.
a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin

Estonian[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Joel

(biblical) Joel.
a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Biblical Hebrew יוֹאֵל‎ (yoél).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈjoel/, [ˈjo̞e̞l]
Rhymes: -oel
Syllabification^(key): Jo‧el

Proper noun[edit]

Joel

(biblical) Joel.
a male given name from Biblical Hebrew

Declension[edit]

Inflection of Joel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Joel	Joelit
genitive		Joelin	Joelien
partitive		Joelia	Joeleja
illative		Joeliin	Joeleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Joel	Joelit
accusative	nom.	Joel	Joelit
accusative	gen.	Joelin	Joelit
genitive		Joelin	Joelien
partitive		Joelia	Joeleja
inessive		Joelissa	Joeleissa
elative		Joelista	Joeleista
illative		Joeliin	Joeleihin
adessive		Joelilla	Joeleilla
ablative		Joelilta	Joeleilta
allative		Joelille	Joeleille
essive		Joelina	Joeleina
translative		Joeliksi	Joeleiksi
abessive		Joelitta	Joeleitta
instructive		—	Joelein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Joel (type risti)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Joelini	Joelini
accusative	nom.	Joelini	Joelini
accusative	gen.	Joelini	Joelini
genitive		Joelini	Joelieni
partitive		Joeliani	Joelejani
inessive		Joelissani	Joeleissani
elative		Joelistani	Joeleistani
illative		Joeliini	Joeleihini
adessive		Joelillani	Joeleillani
ablative		Joeliltani	Joeleiltani
allative		Joelilleni	Joeleilleni
essive		Joelinani	Joeleinani
translative		Joelikseni	Joeleikseni
abessive		Joelittani	Joeleittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Joeleineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Joelisi	Joelisi
accusative	nom.	Joelisi	Joelisi
accusative	gen.	Joelisi	Joelisi
genitive		Joelisi	Joeliesi
partitive		Joeliasi	Joelejasi
inessive		Joelissasi	Joeleissasi
elative		Joelistasi	Joeleistasi
illative		Joeliisi	Joeleihisi
adessive		Joelillasi	Joeleillasi
ablative		Joeliltasi	Joeleiltasi
allative		Joelillesi	Joeleillesi
essive		Joelinasi	Joeleinasi
translative		Joeliksesi	Joeleiksesi
abessive		Joelittasi	Joeleittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Joeleinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Joelimme	Joelimme
accusative	nom.	Joelimme	Joelimme
accusative	gen.	Joelimme	Joelimme
genitive		Joelimme	Joeliemme
partitive		Joeliamme	Joelejamme
inessive		Joelissamme	Joeleissamme
elative		Joelistamme	Joeleistamme
illative		Joeliimme	Joeleihimme
adessive		Joelillamme	Joeleillamme
ablative		Joeliltamme	Joeleiltamme
allative		Joelillemme	Joeleillemme
essive		Joelinamme	Joeleinamme
translative		Joeliksemme	Joeleiksemme
abessive		Joelittamme	Joeleittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Joeleinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Joelinne	Joelinne
accusative	nom.	Joelinne	Joelinne
accusative	gen.	Joelinne	Joelinne
genitive		Joelinne	Joelienne
partitive		Joelianne	Joelejanne
inessive		Joelissanne	Joeleissanne
elative		Joelistanne	Joeleistanne
illative		Joeliinne	Joeleihinne
adessive		Joelillanne	Joeleillanne
ablative		Joeliltanne	Joeleiltanne
allative		Joelillenne	Joeleillenne
essive		Joelinanne	Joeleinanne
translative		Joeliksenne	Joeleiksenne
abessive		Joelittanne	Joeleittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Joeleinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Joelinsa	Joelinsa
accusative	nom.	Joelinsa	Joelinsa
accusative	gen.	Joelinsa	Joelinsa
genitive		Joelinsa	Joeliensa
partitive		Joeliaan Joeliansa	Joelejaan Joelejansa
inessive		Joelissaan Joelissansa	Joeleissaan Joeleissansa
elative		Joelistaan Joelistansa	Joeleistaan Joeleistansa
illative		Joeliinsa	Joeleihinsa
adessive		Joelillaan Joelillansa	Joeleillaan Joeleillansa
ablative		Joeliltaan Joeliltansa	Joeleiltaan Joeleiltansa
allative		Joelilleen Joelillensa	Joeleilleen Joeleillensa
essive		Joelinaan Joelinansa	Joeleinaan Joeleinansa
translative		Joelikseen Joeliksensa	Joeleikseen Joeleiksensa
abessive		Joelittaan Joelittansa	Joeleittaan Joeleittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Joeleineen Joeleinensa

Statistics[edit]

Joel is the 80^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 8,643 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,552 more), and also belongs to 7 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio (file)

Proper noun[edit]

Joel

(biblical) Joel.
a male given name from Biblical Hebrew

Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Joel

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology[edit]

From various languages, ultimately from Hebrew יוֹאֵל‎.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔ.el/^[1]
Rhymes: -ɔel

Proper noun[edit]

Joel ?

A male given name in English, Basque, Catalan, Cebuano, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Manx, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Scots, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, or Welsh
A surname in English or German

References[edit]

^ Joel in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Joel

(biblical) Joel.
a male given name of biblical origin

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Joel

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin Ioel, from Ancient Greek Ἰωήλ (Iōḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹאֵל‎ (yoél).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈjɔ.ɛl/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔɛl
Syllabification: Jo‧el

Proper noun[edit]

Joel m pers

(biblical) Joel (Biblical character)
a male given name, equivalent to English Joel

Declension[edit]

Declension of Joel

	singular	plural
nominative	Joel	Joelowie
genitive	Joela	Joelów
dative	Joelowi	Joelom
accusative	Joela	Joelów
instrumental	Joelem	Joelami
locative	Joelu	Joelach
vocative	Joelu	Joelowie

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoˈɛw/ [ʒoˈɛʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒwɛl/ [ˈʒwɛɫ]

Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl
Hyphenation: Jo‧el

Proper noun[edit]

Joel m

(biblical) Joel (a book of the Bible)
(biblical) Joel (a minor biblical prophet)
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joel

Slovak[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Joel m anim (genitive singular Joela, nominative plural Joelovia, declension pattern of chlap)

(religion) Joel

Declension[edit]

Declension of Joel

	singular	plural
nominative	Joel	Joelovia
genitive	Joela	Joelov
dative	Joelovi	Joelom
accusative	Joela	Joelov
locative	Joelovi	Joeloch
instrumental	Joelom	Joelami

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /xoˈel/ [xoˈel]
Rhymes: -el
Syllabification: Jo‧el

Proper noun[edit]

Joel m

(biblical) Joel (the book of the Bible)
(biblical) Joel (prophet)

Swedish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Joel c (genitive Joels)

(biblical) Joel.
a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin

[1] Joel in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Joel

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