Yael (
Hebrew: יָעֵל, pronounced[jaˈʔel]; also spelled Jael) is a female
given name of
Hebrew origin. It is the name of biblical figure
Jael, who saved the
Israelites by killing
Sisera, commander of the Canaanite king
Jabin's army, by hammering a
tent peg through his temple while asleep in her tent. The word yael means "
Nubian ibex" (Capra nubiana), from a verbal phrase meaning "he goes up".
In France, Yael or Yaël has been recorded was a somewhat rare feminine given name given in the 1970s and 1980s; it has since re-surfaced as a masculine given name ranked between 494th and 249th in popularity in France during 2000 to 2021.[1]
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
Yael (
Hebrew: יָעֵל, pronounced[jaˈʔel]; also spelled Jael) is a female
given name of
Hebrew origin. It is the name of biblical figure
Jael, who saved the
Israelites by killing
Sisera, commander of the Canaanite king
Jabin's army, by hammering a
tent peg through his temple while asleep in her tent. The word yael means "
Nubian ibex" (Capra nubiana), from a verbal phrase meaning "he goes up".
In France, Yael or Yaël has been recorded was a somewhat rare feminine given name given in the 1970s and 1980s; it has since re-surfaced as a masculine given name ranked between 494th and 249th in popularity in France during 2000 to 2021.[1]
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.