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Yael (name)

FieldValue
nameYael
genderFemale
meaningibex, mountain goat
regionNear Eastern
languageHebrew
alternative spellingIael, Iaël, Jael, Jaël, Yaël, Ιαήλ (Greek)

Yael (, ; also spelled Jael) is a given name of Hebrew origin. It is the name of biblical figure Jael, who saved the Israelites by killing Sisera, commander of the Canaanite king Jabin's army, by hammering a tent peg through his temple while asleep in her tent. The Hebrew ya'el means ibex, a nimble, sure-footed mountain goat native to that region. As of 2018, Yael was one of the most common female first names in contemporary Israel.

People with the given name

  • Yael Abecassis (b. 1967), Israeli actress and model
  • Yael Arad (b. 1967), Israeli Olympic-medalist judoka
  • Yael Averbuch (b. 1986), American soccer player
  • Yael Bartana (b. 1970), Israeli video artist
  • Yael Bitrán (b. 1965), Chilean-born naturalized Mexican historian, translator, and musicologist
  • Yael Braudo-Bahat, Israeli peace activist
  • Yael Cohen (b. 1986), founder and CEO of Fuck Cancer
  • Yael Dayan (1939-2024), Israeli writer and politician
  • Yael Eckstein, senior vice president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
  • Yael S. Feldman (b. 1941), Israeli-born American scholar
  • Yael German (b. 1947), Israeli politician
  • Yael Globerman (b. 1954), Israeli poet, writer, and translator
  • Yael Aloni Goldblatt (born 2008), Israeli rhythmic gymnast
  • Yael Goldman (b. 1978), Israeli actress, TV host, and model
  • Yael Grobglas (b. 1984), Israeli actress
  • Yaël Hassan (b. 1952), French-Israeli writer
  • Yael Tauman Kalai, Israeli-American cryptographer
  • Yael Kanarek (b. 1967), Israeli-American artist
  • Yaelle Kayam, Israeli Israeli filmmaker and journalist, whose first name is actually יעל
  • Yael Kraus (b. 1977), Israeli singer/songwriter
  • Yael Lempert (b. 1973/4), American diplomat
  • Yael Goldstein Love (b. 1978), American novelist, editor, and book critic
  • Yael Markovich (b. 1984), Israeli-American model and Israeli beauty queen titleholder
  • Yael Meyer (b. 1981), Chilean singer, songwriter, musician, and producer
  • Yael Naim (b. 1978), French-Israeli singer/songwriter
  • Yaël Braun-Pivet (b. 1970), French lawyer and politician
  • Yael Poliakov (born 1977), Israeli actress, comedian, and screenwriter
  • Yael Rom née Finkelstein (1932–2006), one of the first female pilots of the Israeli Air Force
  • Jael Ruesch (née Ashton), known as Jael (1937–2000), American fantasy artist/illustrator
  • Yael Stone (b. 1985), Australian actress
  • Jael Strauss (d. 2018), contestant on America's Next Top Model, season 8
  • Yael Tal (b. 1983), Israeli actress
  • Yael Tamir (b. 1954), Israeli academic and politician
  • Yael van der Wouden (b. 1987), Dutch author
  • Yael Yuzon (b. 1983), Filipino vocalist and guitarist
  • Yael Bar Zohar (b. 1980), Israeli actress, model, and television host

Middle name

  • Jenifer Bartoli (Jenifer Yaël Dadouche-Bartoli) (born 1982), French pop singer
  • Daniela Yael Krukower (born 1975), Israeli-Argentinean judoka world champion

Pseudonym

  • Jaël (born 1979), stage name of Rahel Krebs, Swiss singer/songwriter

Fictional characters

  • Yael, a woman in ancient Israel who escapes the massacre at Masada, in Alice Hoffman's novel The Dovekeepers (2011)
  • Yael Aronov, in John Sanford's novel Storm Front (2013)
  • Yael "Yaeli" Ashkenazi, in the Netflix Original series When Heroes Fly
  • Yael Baron, in the Netflix Original series Degrassi: Next Class
  • Yael Hoffman, in the TV series Weeds
  • Alice Jael Reasoner, also known as Jael, an assassin in Joanna Russ' novel The Female Man (1975)
  • Yael from "Return to Me" by Lynn Austin

References

References

  1. Goode, Richard. (2019). "Wild Goat/Ibex".
  2. (14 February 2018). "What are the most popular Jewish baby names in Israel?".
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