Joel

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A male given name from Hebrew
• A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
• A minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons.

Origin

• From Hebrew יוֹאֵל. As a medieval French and English given name, it is also a rendering of the Breton saint's name Judicaël (related to Joyce and Jocelyn). Cf. Elijah.