Jael

Where Jael comes from

From the name of a minor biblical character, Hebrew יעל.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jael
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1957
    First appearance
    #3,150 among girls, 14 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Jael Uribe born
    Dominican poet and artist
  3. 2012
    Peak, #1,196
    206 babies named Jael — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2024
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Jael Uribe · Dominican poet and artist, born 1975
  • Jael Holzman · American journalist and musician

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.