Yael (name)

Yael (Hebrew: יָעֵל, pronounced [jaˈʔel]; also spelled Jael) is a female given name of Hebrew origin. It is the name of biblical figure Yael, who saved the Israelites by killing Sisera, commander of Canaanite King Jabin's army, by hammering a tent peg through his temple while asleep in her tent. The meaning of the name is "ibex, mountain goat", from a verbal phrase meaning "he goes up".

Yael
GenderFemale
Language(s)Hebrew
Origin
Meaningibex, mountain goat
Region of originNear Eastern
Other names
Alternative spellingIael, Iaël, Jael, Jaël, Yaël, Ιαήλ (Greek)

In France, Yael or Yaël has been recorded was a somewhat rare feminine given name given in the 1970s and 1980s; it has since re-surfaced as a masculine given name ranked between 494th and 249th in popularity in France during 2000 to 2021.

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