Entry № 2613 · Hebrew origin

Jael Jael — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ YAH-el /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Mountain goat, wild ibex"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "mountain goat, wild ibex".

Jael (יָעֵל) is the Hebrew word for the mountain ibex or wild goat. In the Book of Judges (4–5), Jael is the Kenite woman who slew the Canaanite general Sisera by driving a tent peg through his temple — celebrated in the Song of Deborah.

Jael is widely used in Israel as Yael. Yael Stone (born 1985) is the Australian actress.

The Kenite woman who slew Sisera.

The name in its native script.

יָעֵל
Transliteration
Yāʿēl
Pronunciation
/ ˈjɑː.ɛl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jael stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Jael · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Jaels before her.

Real people
Yael Stone
Australian actress.
born 1985
In fiction
Jael
Kenite woman in Book of Judges.
Judges 4–5

Names connected to Jael.

The number behind Jael.

9

The Humanitarian

Jael reduces to nine — the number of decisive judgement.

Why families chose this name.

"The woman in Judges who drove the tent peg. Four letters. Jael."
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