Joel Forename
246th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,304,352 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Palau
Joel Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘Jah is the Lord’. This name of a Hebrew minor prophet began to be used as a christian name after the Reformation. The common medieval Joel, Juel, Jowell, or Jewell, which gave rise to numerous surnames, is a different name, being from the Breton Judicael or Juhel, the name of a saint who lived as a hermit at Ponthieu.
Read More About This ForenameJoel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 467,300 | 1:227 | 7 |
| United States | 100% | 309,826 | 1:1,170 | 256 |
| Mexico | 100% | 199,930 | 1:621 | 123 |
| Brazil | 100% | 170,862 | 1:1,254 | 195 |
| DR Congo | 79% | 109,843 | 1:672 | 131 |
| France | 100% | 106,943 | 1:622 | 144 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 86,017 | 1:2,064 | 384 |
| Kenya | 100% | 74,574 | 1:621 | 112 |
| Uganda | 99% | 60,301 | 1:679 | 122 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 43,627 | 1:1,210 | 256 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 37,178 | 1:812 | 121 |
| Mozambique | - | 35,519 | 1:767 | 168 |
| Peru | 100% | 34,450 | 1:923 | 185 |
| Spain | 100% | 26,454 | 1:1,759 | 249 |
| Canada | 100% | 23,351 | 1:1,419 | 318 |
| Angola | 100% | 21,864 | 1:1,233 | 250 |
| South Africa | 100% | 20,720 | 1:2,632 | 455 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 20,627 | 1:1,048 | 209 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 20,557 | 1:1,149 | 261 |
| Haiti | 100% | 19,793 | 1:542 | 72 |
| Ghana | 100% | 18,710 | 1:1,442 | 273 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 16,740 | 1:962 | 205 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 16,678 | 1:682 | 149 |
| Malawi | 100% | 16,668 | 1:1,027 | 221 |
| Cuba | - | 16,050 | 1:717 | 173 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 14,572 | 1:716 | 102 |
| Burundi | 75% | 14,483 | 1:684 | 212 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 13,456 | 1:606 | 66 |
| Central African Republic | - | 12,970 | 1:348 | 133 |
| Australia | - | 12,700 | 1:1,075 | 223 |
| England | 100% | 12,453 | 1:4,465 | 510 |
| Chile | 100% | 12,186 | 1:1,445 | 249 |
| Portugal | - | 12,065 | 1:863 | 142 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 11,480 | 1:1,344 | 243 |
| Colombia | 100% | 10,002 | 1:4,777 | 556 |
| Honduras | 100% | 9,882 | 1:892 | 155 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9,536 | 1:372 | 78 |
| Benin | 100% | 9,361 | 1:1,130 | 259 |
| Sudan | 100% | 8,527 | 1:4,434 | 706 |
| Zambia | - | 8,169 | 1:1,941 | 366 |
| El Salvador | - | 8,106 | 1:782 | 137 |
| Sweden | 100% | 7,924 | 1:1,244 | 211 |
| Ecuador | - | 7,917 | 1:2,239 | 348 |
| Panama | 100% | 7,827 | 1:499 | 67 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 7,718 | 1:780 | 151 |
| Togo | - | 7,005 | 1:1,033 | 137 |
| India | 100% | 6,446 | 1:188,470 | 19,859 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6,164 | 1:1,864 | 424 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 5,641 | 1:1,283 | 322 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 5,356 | 1:4,308 | 485 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4,049 | 1:465 | 65 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 3,807 | 1:4,828 | 628 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 3,806 | 1:2,785 | 542 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 3,607 | 1:1,560 | 333 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,583 | 1:27,229 | 3,380 |
| Namibia | - | 3,535 | 1:680 | 136 |
| Finland | 100% | 3,478 | 1:1,577 | 310 |
| Indonesia | 67% | 3,439 | 1:75,011 | 8,881 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 3,391 | 1:47,025 | 4,127 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 3,031 | 1:449 | 39 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2,812 | 1:15,211 | 815 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,681 | 1:11,493 | 1,646 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,647 | 1:7,858 | 1,242 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,365 | 1:29,626 | 3,705 |
| Chad | 100% | 2,163 | 1:6,287 | 1,000 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,904 | 1:2,631 | 426 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 1,770 | 1:17,203 | 1,767 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,710 | 1:2,653 | 470 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,670 | 1:1,726 | 406 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,572 | 1:1,390 | 251 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,457 | 1:3,272 | 487 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,451 | 1:5,661 | 744 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,425 | 1:11,861 | 1,347 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,381 | 1:12,294 | 991 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,365 | 1:25,164 | 1,416 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1,086 | 1:21,887 | 3,985 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,067 | 1:90,607 | 1,996 |
| Guyana | 100% | 985 | 1:775 | 88 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 936 | 1:621 | 131 |
| Singapore | 96% | 927 | 1:6,782 | 1,206 |
| Liberia | 98% | 832 | 1:5,303 | 619 |
| Poland | 95% | 801 | 1:47,475 | 1,298 |
| Qatar | 100% | 772 | 1:3,069 | 452 |
| Guinea | 100% | 746 | 1:15,896 | 913 |
| Estonia | 100% | 705 | 1:1,866 | 415 |
| Oman | - | 668 | 1:6,151 | 821 |
| Wales | 100% | 642 | 1:4,820 | 583 |
| Lesotho | 98% | 603 | 1:3,383 | 515 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 581 | 1:465 | 115 |
| Egypt | 50% | 542 | 1:169,559 | 6,605 |
| Syria | - | 517 | 1:37,343 | 1,489 |
| French Polynesia | - | 486 | 1:572 | 117 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 482 | 1:7,111 | 606 |
| Suriname | 100% | 461 | 1:1,199 | 244 |
| Palau | - | 410 | 1:53 | 18 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 410 | 1:468 | 56 |
| Vanuatu | - | 398 | 1:658 | 164 |
| Fiji | - | 374 | 1:2,386 | 670 |
| Israel | 75% | 359 | 1:23,406 | 2,078 |
| Japan | - | 337 | 1:379,781 | 9,671 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 327 | 1:476 | 133 |
| China | - | 318 | 1:4,295,773 | 53,306 |
| Denmark | - | 305 | 1:18,523 | 1,142 |
| Belize | 100% | 302 | 1:1,173 | 242 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 298 | 1:374 | 13 |
| Norway | 100% | 284 | 1:18,072 | 1,138 |
| Scotland | 100% | 267 | 1:20,039 | 974 |
| Senegal | 94% | 267 | 1:54,612 | 2,100 |
| Albania | 98% | 249 | 1:12,235 | 1,818 |
| Somalia | - | 239 | 1:56,594 | 2,774 |
| Barbados | - | 221 | 1:1,311 | 307 |
| Italy | 84% | 214 | 1:285,337 | 3,619 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 213 | 1:435 | 74 |
| Guam | - | 202 | 1:795 | 157 |
| Grenada | 99% | 194 | 1:557 | 76 |
| Bahamas | - | 180 | 1:2,219 | 478 |
| Swaziland | - | 179 | 1:7,264 | 1,100 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 178 | 1:7,291 | 1,040 |
| Hong Kong | - | 171 | 1:45,338 | 2,480 |
| Dominica | - | 169 | 1:447 | 102 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 133 | 1:1,461,336 | 22,434 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 130 | 1:14,178 | 878 |
| Ireland | 100% | 127 | 1:36,563 | 1,375 |
| Saint Lucia | 97% | 120 | 1:1,482 | 271 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 117 | 1:850 | 153 |
| Malta | - | 114 | 1:3,766 | 577 |
| Austria | 100% | 101 | 1:84,299 | 1,944 |
| Cape Verde | - | 93 | 1:5,690 | 750 |
| Russia | 89% | 91 | 1:1,584,986 | 11,571 |
| Czechia | 100% | 86 | 1:123,909 | 1,267 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 85 | 1:1,291 | 262 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 80 | 1:89,400 | 7,339 |
| South Korea | - | 77 | 1:72,005 | 4,171 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 65 | 1:943 | 199 |
| Iraq | 100% | 58 | 1:603,756 | 6,195 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 58 | 1:943 | 196 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 52 | 1:601 | 83 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 49 | 1:1,046 | 122 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 49 | 1:708 | 147 |
| Luxembourg | - | 42 | 1:13,430 | 972 |
| Greenland | - | 41 | 1:1,375 | 278 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 41 | 1:1,338 | 308 |
| Greece | 100% | 38 | 1:287,751 | 4,961 |
| Micronesia | - | 37 | 1:2,878 | 384 |
| Libya | - | 36 | 1:172,814 | 833 |
| Bermuda | - | 32 | 1:2,026 | 445 |
| Afghanistan | - | 27 | 1:1,208,278 | 13,684 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 27 | 1:202,699 | 1,615 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 25 | 1:45,508 | 307 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| Jersey | - | 24 | 1:4,166 | 545 |
| Iceland | 100% | 23 | 1:15,914 | 1,219 |
| Niger | 87% | 23 | 1:834,087 | 13,992 |
| Turkey | 75% | 23 | 1:3,382,683 | 18,567 |
| Andorra | - | 22 | 1:3,768 | 371 |
| Tunisia | - | 22 | 1:30,768 | 1,943 |
| Vietnam | - | 21 | 1:4,410,624 | 3,539 |
| Hungary | 100% | 20 | 1:489,589 | 1,828 |
| Cambodia | - | 19 | 1:856,491 | 14,474 |
| Macau | - | 18 | 1:33,789 | 454 |
| Monaco | - | 18 | 1:2,137 | 433 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 16 | 1:597 | 129 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 14 | 1:175,626 | 3,645 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 13 | 1:1,396 | 227 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 13 | 1:408,466 | 2,011 |
| Nepal | - | 12 | 1:2,373,946 | 34,978 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Croatia | - | 10 | 1:421,708 | 5,130 |
| Ukraine | - | 10 | 1:4,549,991 | 8,360 |
| Eritrea | - | 9 | 1:528,109 | 348 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Serbia | - | 7 | 1:1,020,817 | 6,233 |
| Isle of Man | - | 6 | 1:14,170 | 269 |
| Yemen | - | 6 | 1:4,382,792 | 4,591 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Brunei | - | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Montserrat | - | 4 | 1:1,219 | 202 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Armenia | - | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Lithuania | - | 3 | 1:983,961 | 3,563 |
| Mauritania | - | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Jordan | 97% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
The alternate forms: Joèl (3,817), Joêl (130), Jóel (84), Joél (83), Joėl (2), Jôel (1) & Jöël (1) are calculated separately.
Joel (161,330) may also be a surname.
Joel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘Jah is the Lord’. This name of a Hebrew minor prophet began to be used as a christian name after the Reformation. The common medieval Joel, Juel, Jowell, or Jewell, which gave rise to numerous surnames, is a different name, being from the Breton Judicael or Juhel, the name of a saint who lived as a hermit at Ponthieu. It was introduced into England, with other Breton names, at the time of the Norman Conquest.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
M. Hebrew, ‘ strong-willed,’ especially in the favourable sense.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Hebrew (masculine) - Jehovah is God.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Jo'-el, that wills, commands, or swears. 1. The oldest son of Samuel the prophet. 1 Sam. viii. 1, &c. 2. The son of Pethuel, the second of the twelve minor prophets. Also the name of five-other persons, concerning whom nothing is related.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: Jehovah is God.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Strong-willed: Jehovah is God.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Joel Forename Popularity
Joel Demographics
Average Male Joel Height
175.34 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 12,672 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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