Yael

Where Yael comes from

Rendering of the modern Israeli Hebrew יעל.
— Wiktionary's entry for Yael
  • Hebrew
Yael through the years
  1. 1978
    Yael Naim born
    Israeli singer
  2. 1984
    First appearance
    #6,315 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1985
    Yael Stone born
    Australian actress
  4. 2003
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  5. 2023
    Peak, #775
    329 babies named Yael, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Yael Naim · Israeli singer, born 1978
  • Yael Stone · Australian actress, born 1985
  • Yael Dayan · Israeli politician, 1939–2024
  • Yael Grobglas · French-Israeli actress, born 1984
  • Yael Arad · Israeli judoka, born 1967

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.