Yael (name)
| Yael | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Language(s) | Hebrew |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Judaic |
| Meaning | Nubian Ibex |
| Region of origin | Near Eastern |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Iael, Iaël, Jael, Jaël, Yaël, Ιαήλ (Greek) |
Yael (Hebrew: יעל, pronounced [jaˈʔel]; also spelled Jael) is a female given name, from the Hebrew word for the Nubian ibex.
People with this name
Given name
- Jael, Biblical figure in the Book of Judges
- Jaël, Swiss singer/songwriter
- Jael (artist), American fantasy artist/illustrator
- Jael Strauss, contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8
- Yael Abecassis, Israeli actress and model
- Yael Arad, Israeli Olympic-medalist judoka
- Yael Averbuch, American soccer player
- Yael Bar Zohar, Israeli actress, model, and television host
- Yael Bartana, Israeli video artist
- Yael Cohen, founder and CEO of Fuck Cancer
- Yael Dayan, Israeli writer and politician
- Yael Eckstein, senior vice president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
- Yael S. Feldman, Israeli-born American scholar
- Yael Goldman, Israeli actress, TV host, and model
- Yael Grobglas, Israeli actress
- Yaël Hassan, French-Israeli writer
- Yael Kanarek, Israeli-American artist
- Yael Kraus, Israeli singer/songwriter
- Yael Ksander, WFIU, Bloomington, IN, USA Radio Announcer
- Yael Goldstein Love, novelist, editor, and book critic
- Yael Markovich, Israeli-American model and Israeli beauty queen titleholder
- Yael Meyer, singer, songwriter, musician, and producer
- Yael Naim, French-Israeli singer/songwriter
- Yael Neeman, Israeli author
- Yael Rom (born Yael Finkelstein), one of the first female pilots of the Israeli Air Force
- Yael Stone, Australian actress
- Yael Tal, Israeli actress
- Yael Tamir, Israeli academic and politician
- Yael Yuzon, Filipino vocalist and guitarist
Middle name
- Jenifer Yaël Dadouche-Bartoli, French pop singer
- Daniela Yael Krukower, Israeli-Argentinean judoka world champion
Fictional characters
- Jael (Alice Jael Reasoner), assassin in Joanna Russ' 1975 novel The Female Man
- Yael, woman in ancient Israel who escapes the massacre at Masada in Alice Hoffman's 2011 novel The Dovekeepers
- Yael Aronov in John Sanford's 2013 novel Storm Front
- Yael Baron (portrayed by Jamie Bloch) in Netflix's original series Degrassi: Next Class
- Yael, protagonist in the alternate history novel 'Wolf by Wolf' by Ryan Graudin.
Music
- Yael Naim, second studio album by Yael Naïm
See also
- Merkaz Yael, a village in northern Israel
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