Entry № 11863 · Hebrew origin

Yuval Yuval — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ yoo-VAHL /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Genesis 4:21 first musician (biblical music)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "genesis 4:21 first musician (biblical music)".

Yuval is from the Hebrew יוּבָל (Yūbāl — stream, ram's horn) — from Hebrew yābal (to lead/carry forth). Yuval is one of the Hebrew feminine names — central to traditional Israeli + Jewish heritage.

Genesis 4:21 first musician (Hebrew).

The name in its native script.

יוּבָל
Transliteration
Yūbāl
Pronunciation
/ juːˈvɑːl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Yuval stands.

Yuval does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Yuvals before her.

Real people
Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli historian + author of Sapiens 2011 + Homo Deus 2015 + ~45 million copies sold.
born 1976
In fiction
Jubal / Yuval
Biblical first musician + son of Lamech + Adah + Genesis 4:21 father of all who play harp + flute + Jubilee Year Leviticus 25:8-13 + Liberty Bell Philadelphia 1751.
Genesis

Names connected to Yuval.

The number behind Yuval.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Yuval reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.