Joel
/ˈd͡ʒəʊ(ə)l/US/ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l/
Joel proper noun: a male given name from Hebrew.
Proper noun
Joel
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname from Hebrew.
- A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
- A minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons.
- The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joel 1:1
Joel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Joel in Hindi
- book of the Bible
- योएल yoel
Joel in Tamil
- book of the Bible
- யோவேல் yōvēl
Joel in Marathi
- male given name
- जोएल joel
- book of the Bible
- योएल yoel
Joel in Urdu
- book of the Bible
- یوایل evāel
More languagesFewer languages
- Joel in Bengali
- যোয়েল jōẇel
- Joel in Telugu
- యోవేలు yōvēlu
- Joel in Malayalam
- ജോയേലിന്റെ പുസ്തകം jōyēlinṟe pustakaṁ
- Joel in Kannada
- ಯೋವೇಲ yōvēla
- Joel in Punjabi
- ਯੋਏਲ yoēla
- Joel in Gujarati
- યોએલ yoela
- Joel in Odia
- ଯୋୟେଲ ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ joyela bhabiṣyadbaktāṅka pustaka
- Joel in Sinhala
- යෝවෙල් yōwel
- Joel in Nepali
- योएल yoel
- Joel in Tagalog
- Joel
- Joel in Arabic
- سفر يوئيل
- Joel in Malay
- Yo'el
- Joel in Indonesian
- Yoël
- Joel in Persian
- یوئیل
- Joel in Thai
- โยเอล
- Joel in Myanmar
- ယောလအနာဂတ္တိကျမ်း yau:la.a.nagatti.kyam:
Origin of Joel
From Hebrew יוֹאֵל (yo'él, “Yahweh (is) God”). As a medieval French and English given name, it is also from Breton Judicaël (related to Joyce and Jocelyn). Cf. Elijah.
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Phrases with Joel
Words that rhyme with Joel
Questions about Joel
- What does Joel mean?
- Joel means a male given name from Hebrew.
- What is Joel in Hindi?
- Joel in Hindi is योएल (yoel). See Joel meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Joel?
- Joel is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Joel?
- Joel is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l/ (US).
Words near Joel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Joel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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