All around the world, Joël (Joël 
, جويل 
, ジョエル 
, along with others...) is a common principally male, but very seldom feminine given name. The given name Joël is habitual in Cameroon, where it is quite a common primarily male, but scarcely feminine name, Suriname, where it is quite a common male name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common principally boy's, but scarcely girly name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and France. Much less frequently, Joël is the last name as well as the forename.
Joël is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
Joël is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Joel , the fictional character from the video game series The Last of Us, The Last of Us Part II; Howard Wolowitz , the fictional character on the television series The Big Bang Theory; Joël , the fictional character appearing in the movie « Case départ »; Paragon , the fictional supervillain published by DC Comics and Joel , the biblical figure, son of Samuel, 1 Samuel, and in many other works.
| joël de cournuaud (b. 1637) |
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| joël assur (b. 1753) |
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| joël matile (1774-1829), CH (b. 1774) |
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| heymann joël rabbi (b. 1792) |
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| joël cherbuliez Swiss writer and historian (1806-1870), CH (b. 1806) |
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| joël benjamin vos Dutch politician (1823-1913), NL (b. 1823) |
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| joël blomqvist Swedish hymnwriter, SE (b. 1840) |
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joël martel French sculptor (1896-1966), FR (b. 1896) |
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| joël lunell Swedish-American botanist (1851–1920), SE (b. 1851) |
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| joël leib halevi herzog French rabbi (1865-1934), FR (b. 1865) |
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| joël de lange Dutch photographer, NL (b. 1871) |
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joël stein French artist (1926-2012), FR (b. 1926) |
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| joël vredenburg NL (b. 1866) |
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joël dabin French painter, FR (b. 1933) |
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| joël wangö Swedish priest, SE (b. 1886) |
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