Jael

I'm pretty sure that this is the transcription of Yael that is used in countries where Js sound like Ys. I am German and Jael is the version of Yael that is used here, but it's still pronounced with a Y-sound: yah-ell.

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So I think Jael should be yah-ell and definitely not jayl or jay-ell.

I think if you were to pronounce the "j" sound less blatantly and more like "zhey" it would sound less like "jail".

For those concerned that the pronunciation is too close for comfort to 'jail', consider using the original Hebrew pronuciantion - Yah-EL, whether you spell it with the Y or the J to start. This is my niece's name, we call her Yaeli.

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.

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

This name is pronounced yah-el in Hebrew.