Comments for JAEL:

This name is pronounced yah-el in Hebrew.

-- Miss Claire  12/5/2004

This is Superman's mom's name.

-- Anonymous User  7/17/2005

Superman's mom's name was Lara. You're thinking of his father, Jor-el.

-- Kosta  7/31/2007

The general that Jael killed was from the Assyrian army, not the Caananite.

-- nettyredone  9/28/2006

Jael is one of the girls on the TV show "America's Next Top Model."

-- breakofday  4/16/2007

I really like this name and the biblical character, but unfortunately, it may be mispronounced as "jail."

-- Ouaie  6/14/2007

My brother has a Hispanic friend named Jael, and she pronounces it High-ell.

-- YMPvt  12/29/2007

I am not crazy about this name. No offense to the Jaels out there, but it looks like 'jail' to me. And then there's the meaning - would you name your daughter something meaning 'mountain goat'? Really?

-- Anonymous User  12/4/2008

I agree with the anonymous person about the meaning and how it looks.

-- Kerules  4/1/2009

To the anonymous commentator above: In Hebrew this name specifically means this animal - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_ibex - which is tough, graceful and in my opinion quite beautiful.
If kids are named Deborah (bee) and Rachel (ewe), surely the Nubian Ibex is a worthy namesake.

-- noae  4/12/2009

I met an Israeli woman with this name. She pronounced it jah-EL. She said her parents gave it to her in hopes that she would be a strong, capable, tough as nails woman, like her Biblical namesake, who is famous for assassinating an Assyrian general by driving a tent peg through his head. Hmm.

-- usernamehere  1/17/2009

I heard about someone recently who named their daughter this. At first I thought what a unusual and beautiful name, but now it just seems like "jail" to me.

-- keight425  9/20/2009

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