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Yael

masculine

92First-name usabilityHighly workable
Evidence coverageHigh

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Hebrew, from יָעֵל (Yaʿel) meaning "ibex, mountain goat"; a biblical name from the Book of Judges.

Why it works

  • short, simple spelling with no unusual letter patterns
  • spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

Popularity

Uncommon — #818 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Yael means "Ibex, mountain goat", from Hebrew יָעֵל (Yaʿel).

Documented origin: Hebrew, from יָעֵל (Yaʿel) meaning "ibex, mountain goat"; a biblical name from the Book of Judges.

VerifiedDirectly documented by an independent source, with no competing account on file.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

English/ja.ˈʔel/ (Hebrew) — Hebrewresearched pronunciation
TurkishNo strong structural signal of Turkish/English divergence for this spelling.deterministic phonetic analysis
GermanNo strong structural signal of German/English divergence for this spelling.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Popularity without panic

Uncommon — #818 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.

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