Jael Forename
Approximately 33,621 people bear this name
Jael Forename Definition:
A female name. Hebrew Jaalah ‘wild she-goat’. Jael the Kenite, who treacherously slew Sisera while he was her guest, would not seem to be an attractive person after whom to name a child, but Jael was a favourite Puritan name and continued in use during the 18th and early 19th C among Dissenters and in America.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 100% | 9,380 | 1:4,937 | 778 |
| Mexico | 94% | 5,409 | 1:22,951 | 1,317 |
| Colombia | 80% | 2,831 | 1:16,877 | 1,246 |
| Brazil | 87% | 2,223 | 1:96,373 | 5,450 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 2,109 | 1:35,006 | 2,510 |
| United States | 78% | 1,654 | 1:219,188 | 7,578 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,242 | 1:142,966 | 7,039 |
| Chile | 96% | 1,205 | 1:14,612 | 931 |
| Philippines | 80% | 957 | 1:110,773 | 5,998 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 835 | 1:12,696 | 1,160 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 680 | 1:15,340 | 1,573 |
| Peru | 69% | 639 | 1:49,752 | 2,524 |
| Spain | 73% | 434 | 1:107,212 | 3,000 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 346 | 1:87,289 | 4,160 |
| Nicaragua | 93% | 341 | 1:17,649 | 1,430 |
| Congo | 79% | 326 | 1:15,366 | 1,743 |
| Indonesia | - | 242 | 1:1,065,966 | 64,983 |
| Ecuador | - | 240 | 1:73,862 | 2,129 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 186 | 1:90,871 | 4,898 |
| El Salvador | - | 171 | 1:37,086 | 1,397 |
| Argentina | 71% | 167 | 1:256,127 | 2,750 |
| Gabon | 100% | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Cameroon | 90% | 134 | 1:161,272 | 7,295 |
| Honduras | 100% | 128 | 1:68,886 | 2,676 |
| Panama | 100% | 123 | 1:31,761 | 2,578 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 112 | 1:12,156 | 1,719 |
| Uganda | 100% | 109 | 1:375,752 | 9,898 |
| Costa Rica | 88% | 101 | 1:47,207 | 2,143 |
| Portugal | - | 92 | 1:113,162 | 2,965 |
| India | 59% | 89 | 1:13,650,314 | 368,194 |
| England | 95% | 80 | 1:695,037 | 13,192 |
| Tanzania | 95% | 76 | 1:694,583 | 17,085 |
| Canada | 100% | 71 | 1:466,667 | 12,628 |
| Germany | 75% | 67 | 1:1,442,953 | 9,650 |
| Haiti | 100% | 67 | 1:160,104 | 7,708 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 67 | 1:122,589 | 3,539 |
| South Africa | 100% | 45 | 1:1,211,837 | 43,310 |
| France | 70% | 37 | 1:1,796,496 | 10,992 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Sweden | 100% | 28 | 1:352,068 | 10,149 |
| New Zealand | - | 26 | 1:174,463 | 5,979 |
| Denmark | - | 25 | 1:225,980 | 4,802 |
| Qatar | 50% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Ivory Coast | 78% | 18 | 1:1,281,996 | 34,985 |
| Finland | 67% | 16 | 1:342,699 | 4,640 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 15 | 1:35,277 | 1,962 |
| Malaysia | 56% | 15 | 1:2,029,996 | 58,888 |
| Singapore | 100% | 13 | 1:483,620 | 11,161 |
| Zambia | - | 13 | 1:1,219,600 | 16,711 |
| China | - | 12 | 1:113,837,982 | 65,289 |
| Norway | 100% | 12 | 1:427,694 | 8,125 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 12 | 1:285,636 | 4,451 |
| Belgium | 82% | 11 | 1:1,044,549 | 12,446 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60% | 11 | 1:741,119 | 53,497 |
| Guyana | 100% | 10 | 1:76,326 | 6,296 |
| Thailand | 90% | 10 | 1:7,006,581 | 112,087 |
| Benin | 100% | 9 | 1:1,175,094 | 27,937 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Zimbabwe | 80% | 9 | 1:1,713,757 | 49,613 |
| Czechia | 100% | 7 | 1:1,522,309 | 4,223 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Australia | - | 6 | 1:2,276,270 | 19,652 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6 | 1:591,717 | 4,217 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6 | 1:1,191,999 | 40,353 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Italy | 92% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 5 | 1:22,316 | 2,594 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 4 | 1:1,809,201 | 8,869 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Grenada | 100% | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Israel | - | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Russia | 100% | 2 | 1:72,116,852 | 125,484 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Wales | 100% | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Jaèl (433), Jaël (178), Jaél (7) & Jäel (1) are calculated separately.
Jael (1,747) may also be a surname.
Jael Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Hebrew Jaalah ‘wild she-goat’. Jael the Kenite, who treacherously slew Sisera while he was her guest, would not seem to be an attractive person after whom to name a child, but Jael was a favourite Puritan name and continued in use during the 18th and early 19th C among Dissenters and in America.
A female name derived from the Scripture Jael, which is both a male and a female name. In Hebrew it is written יָעֵל, Yaél, and translates ‘ibex, chamois.’
Hebrew (feminine) - Gazelle.
Jay'-el, he that ascends, a kid. The wife of Heber, the Kenite: she slew Sisera, the Canaanitish general. Judges iv. 17.
Meaning: ibex (a mountain goat).
A Hebrew name, meaning: Diffuser of light; wild she goat.
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