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View Name: Joel
JOEL
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
English
,
Jewish
,
Biblical
Pronounced:
JOL
(English)
, JO-əl
(English)
[key]
From the Hebrew name
יוֹאֵל
(Yo'el)
meaning "
YAHWEH
is God". Joel was a minor prophet in the
Old Testament
, the author of the Book of Joel. In England, it was first used as a Christian name after the
Protestant Reformation
.
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