Yaëlle
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/jaɛl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Yaëlle is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Hebrew יעל.
- FRFrance≈1 in 33K(inferred from the name graph)
- GPGuadeloupe≈1 in 6.6K
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 166K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 193 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,100 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Guadeloupe, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Yaelle in FR France, US United States, BE Belgium and 3 more.
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)
- Hebrewיעל(measured from records)
- Proto-Semitic*waʕil-(inferred from the name graph)via יעל
Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.
Borrowed from Hebrew יעל.
Sources 1
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yaëlle 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 33K | 3.1K | Yaelle | 193 |
| NL Netherlands | 75 | 1 in 230K | 75 | Yaelle | 7 |
| ES Spain | ≈73 est. | ≈1 in 685K | — | Yaelle | 3 |
| GP Guadeloupe | ≈69 est. | ≈1 in 6.6K | 5 | — | 4 |
| US United States | ≈63 est. | ≈1 in 5.2M | 6 | Yaelle | 73 |
| BE Belgium | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 199K | 5 | Yaelle | 16 |
| CH Switzerland | ≈51 est. | ≈1 in 166K | — | Yaelle | 12 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Yaëlle Trulèsb. 1979FRFrench actor
- Yaëlle Azoulayb. 1986CAperforming artist in Canada
- Yaëlle Deschamptb. 1997FRFrench water polo player
- Yaëlle Hoyauxb. 1998FRbadminton player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 1.9K | #828 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 75 | #6,607 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 54 | #11,332 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2010 | 23 | #454 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2009 | 23 | #459 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2008 | 23 | #457 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2014 | 15 | #639 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2011 | 15 | #660 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2017 | 14 | #646 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2013 | 14 | #696 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2021 | 13 | #698 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2015 | 13 | #714 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Yaëlle mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Hebrew יעל. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Yaëlle?
- A machine transcription gives /jaɛl/ (IPA) for French.
- Is Yaëlle a male or female name?
- Yaëlle is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Yaëlle have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.1 thousand people named Yaëlle in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yaelle.
- How common is the name Yaëlle?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 75 people named Yaëlle, about 1 in 230 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Yaëlle?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ya%C3%ABlleThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Yaëlle”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.