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I like it, but I would never use it myself.

I actually like this name. I say it more like JAY-elle though, which the pronunciation guide doesn't agree with. I also think the Biblical character's story is a little gruesome.

It's interesting. Perhaps the Facts board poster is pronouncing it like jay ELLE - marginally less prisony? Not much though.

I like the name, but I think it would be pronounced jail all the time. I have a friend who spells her name Yael though, and while sometimes people say it like Yale, at least it's not a bad connotation.

I agree! And the Facts poster likes it because it means Mountain Goat - not sure if that makes it better or worse.

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I imagine it would be pronounced something like yaEL, in which case spelling it Jaelle would help. But not enough.

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I've never met one.

It's little more than a jail to me. It sounds like the sound of bars clinking.

Jael's referred to as "blessed" in the story in Judges. But I can't really get the whole image of the tent peg killing out of my head. To me that's a little more off-putting than the fact it looks like the word "jail"!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yael

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*I definitely think the name could have some cool heroic connotations, though.

This message was edited 4/3/2014, 8:54 PM

I quite like it:) I don't like every Biblical name I've ever read about, but this is one that definitely sparks the "yay!" Factor in me. I like how it sounds, and I quite like the strong woman behind the name:)
I would definitely use it on a girl, although In a middle name slot only.

It looks ok written, but you're right, it's all incarceration to me.