Yél

surname · Latin script

Yél is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Norway than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Ottoman Turkish یل, from Proto-Turkic *yẹl (“wind”).

rarermore common
  • NONorway1 in 152K(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 838K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 840K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Norway (measured from records)

36 people

Sources
21 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 152K (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Yél: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Yél
  1. Ottoman Turkishیل(measured from records)
  2. Proto-Turkic*yẹl“wind”(measured from records)

From Ottoman Turkish یل, from Proto-Turkic *yẹl (“wind”).

Sources 2

  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yél counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Yél is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NO Norway361 in 152K36——
NL Netherlands111 in 1.6M11—1
IN India111 in 121M11—2
PL Poland111 in 3.5M7——
CH Switzerland101 in 840K10—1
DK Denmark71 in 838K7——
SE Sweden41 in 2.6M4—1

36 people counted by SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Yél is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Ukrainian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Yel, Єл

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Yel

  • French surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Türkiye, United States, Philippines

    Also written Yel, Yèl, Ýël, Ÿël, Yêl

  • English surname20 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Türkiye, India

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Yel, Jël, Jél, Jel, Ÿęl

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Yél under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Yél mean, and where does it come from?
From Ottoman Turkish یل, from Proto-Turkic *yẹl (“wind”). Recorded by TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary) and Wiktionary.
In which country does Yél have the most bearers?
In Norway, the national register counted about 36 people named Yél, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Yél most common?
Yél is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 152 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Yél?
In Norway, the national register counted 36 people named Yél, about 1 in 152 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yél”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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