Jael

Where Jael comes from

From the name of a minor biblical character, Hebrew יעל.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jael
  • Hebrew
Jael through the years
  1. 1957
    First appearance
    #3,150 among girls with 14 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Jael Uribe born
    Dominican poet and artist
  3. 2012
    Peak, #1,196
    206 babies named Jael, the most in any year.
  4. 2024
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Jael Uribe · Dominican poet and artist, born 1975
  • Jael Holzman · American journalist and musician

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.