Gender: Masculine
Origin: Biblical Hebrew יוֹאֵל 
Meaning: “Yahweh is God.”
Eng (JOLE); Fre (zhoh-EL); Germ (YOH-el)

The name is derived from the Hebrew male name, Yo’el  (יוֹאֵל), meaning, “Yahweh is God.” The name is borne in the Old Testament by a minor prophet.

Currently, Joel is the 14th most popular male name in German-speaking, Switzerland, (2010). And his rankings in other countries are as follows:

• # 20 (Catalonia, 2010)
• # 33 (Finland, 2010)
• # 39 (Gioele, Italian-speaking, Switzerland, 2010)
• # 46 (Germany, 2011)
• # 50 (Northern Ireland, 2010)
• # 58 (Spain, 2010)
• # 59 (Sweden, 2010)
• # 79 (New Zealand, 2010)
• # 81 (England/Wales, 2010)
• # 99 (Australia, 2010)
• # 132 (United States, 2010)
• # 152 (Netherlands, 2010)
• # 161 (Scotland, 2010)

Other forms of the name include:

• Joel (Catalan/English/Finnish/Polish/Portuguese/Romansch/Scandinavian/Spanish)
• Joël (Dutch/German/French)
• Yo’el יוֹאֵל (Hebrew)
• Gioele (Italian)