Joel (given name) explained
Joel or Yoel is a male given name derived from יוֹאֵל Standard Hebrew, Yoʾel, Tiberian Hebrew, or Yôʾēl, meaning "Yahu is god", "YHWH is God", or the modern translation "Yahweh is God". Joel as a given name appears in the Hebrew Bible.
Joel as a given name
Biblical figures
- Joel, Jewish Biblical prophet
- Joel (biblical figure), several minor figures in the Hebrew Bible
Others
- Joel of Dotawo, Sudanese ruler
- Joel Achenbach (born 1960), American staff writer for The Washington Post and author
- Joel Acosta (born 1991), Argentine footballer
- Joel Amoroso (born 1998, Argentine footballer
- Joel Anderson (born 1960), California politician
- Joël Ayayi (born 2000), French basketball player
- Joel John Bailey (born 1980), Canadian soccer player
- Joel Conrad Bakan (born 1959), Canadian lawyer and writer
- Yoel Chehanovich (born 1993), Israeli footballer
- Joel Barbosa (born 1983), Argentine footballer
- Joel Barlow (1754–1812), American poet and politician
- Joel Barnett (1923–2014), British politician
- Joel Barr (1916–1998) American spy for the Soviet Union
- Joël Batteux (1943–2021), French politician
- Joel Beckett (born 1973), English actor
- Joel Beinin (born 1948), American historian of the Middle East
- Joel Benjamin (born 1964), American chess grandmaster
- Joel Berghult (born 1988), Swedish musician and YouTuber
- Joel Bomgar (born 1980), American businessman and politician
- Joel Bouagnon (born 1995), American football player
- Joël Bouchard (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
- Joel Bowden (born 1978), Australian rules footballer
- Joel Brand (1906–1964), Hungarian who had a prominent role in trying to save the Hungarian Jewish community
- Joel Breton, American game producer, DJ and entrepreneur
- Joel Brind, American scientist and anti-abortion activist
- Joel Brooks (born 1949), American actor
- Joel Brutus (born 1974), Haitian judoka
- Joel Carli (born 1986), Argentine retired footballer
- Joel Carpenter (1914–1965), American screenwriter
- Joel Carreño (born 1987), Dominican baseball player
- Joel Casamayor (born 1981), Cuban boxer
- Joel Chan (actor) (born 1976), Hong Kong actor and singer
- Joel Chan (photographer), Singaporean photographer
- Joel Clinton (born 1981), Australian rugby footballer
- Joel Coen (born 1954), American director and producer
- Joel Connable (1973–2012), American news reporter, paramedic, and private pilot
- Joel Courtney (born 1996), American actor
- Joel Crawford (director), American story artist and film director
- Joel Crawford (politician) (1783–1858), American politician, soldier and lawyer
- Joel Crothers (1941–1985), American actor
- Joel Cummins (born 1975), American musician
- Joel DeLisa, American physiatrist
- Joel Dommett (born 1985), British comedian, actor and presenter
- Joel Dorn (1942–2007), American music producer and record label entrepreneur
- Joel Dublanko (born 1998), American football player
- Joel Edgerton (born 1974), Australian actor
- Joel Ekelöf, Swedish vocalist of the band Soen
- Joel Embiid (born 1994), Cameroonian basketball player
- Joel Engle (born 1968), American recording artist
- Joel Erhardt (1838–1909), Commissioner of Police of New York City
- Joel Fabiani (born 1936), American actor
- Joel Feinberg (1926–2004), American political and social philosopher
- Joel Fitzgibbon (born 1962), Australian politician
- Joel Freeland (born 1987), British basketball player
- Joël Fuchs (born 1989), Swiss basketball player
- Joel Fuhrman (born 1953), American physician and author
- Joel Garner (born 1952), West Indian cricketer
- Joel Garreau (born 1948), American journalist and author
- Joel Geist (born 1982), American actor
- Joel Gerber (1940–2022) Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court
- Joel Gertner (born 1975), American wrestling personality
- Joel Gion (born 1970 or 1971), American musician
- Joel Gistedt (born 1987), Swedish ice hockey player
- Joel Glazer (born 1967), part of the Glazer family
- Joel Glucksman (born 1949), American Olympic fencer
- Joel Godard (born 1938), American television announcer
- Joel Goldsmith (1957–2012), American composer of film, television music and video games
- Joel S. Goldsmith (1892–1964), American author, teacher, spiritual healer, mystic and founder of the Infinite Way movement
- Joel Gordon, Canadian actor and filmmaker
- Joel Gordon (American football), American football coach and former player
- Joel Greenberg (historian) (born 1946), English educational technology consultant and historian
- Joel Greenberg (politician) (born 1984), American politician and former Florida tax collector
- Joel Greenblatt (born 1957), American academic, hedge fund manager, investor, and writer
- Joel Gretsch (born 1963), American actor
- Joel Grey (born 1932), American actor
- Joel Hailey (born 1969), American musician
- Joel Hanrahan (born 1981), American baseball player
- Joel Chandler Harris (1848–1908), American journalist
- Joel Heath (born 1903), American football player
- Joel Hefley (born 1935), American politician
- Joel Heyman (born 1971), American voice actor
- Joel Higgins (born 1943), American actor and singer
- Joel Henry Hildebrand (1881–1983) American educator and a pioneer chemist
- Joel Hirschhorn (1937–2005), American songwriter
- Joel Hodgson (born 1960), American creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Joel Robinson, the character he plays on the show
- Joel Hoekstra (born 1970), American guitarist
- Joel Holmes (1821–1872), British soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Joel Horlen (1937–2022), American All Star baseball player
- Joel Houston (born 1979), Australian musician and songwriter, worship leader at the Hillsong Church
- Joel Hurt (1850–1926), American businessman and developer
- Joel Hyatt (born 1950), American businessman, attorney and politician
- Joel Isasi (born 1967), Cuban sprinter
- Joel Iyiegbuniwe (born 1995), American football player
- Joël Jeannot (born 1965), French Olympic wheelchair racer
- Joel Jones (born 1981), Puerto Rican basketball player
- Yoel Juárez (born 2002), Argentine footballer
- Joel Kaplan (born 1969), American political advisor
- Joel Kauffman (born 1985), American stock car racer
- Joel Kinnaman (born 1979), Swedish-American actor
- Joel Klein (born 1946), Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education
- Joel Kovel (1936–2018), American politician, academic, writer and eco-socialist
- Joel Kramer (born 1955), American basketball player
- Joel Kwiatkowski (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
- Joel Landau, American entrepreneur, founder of The Allure Group
- Joel Landau (rabbi), American rabbi
- Joel Lane (1963–2013), British author, poet, critic and anthology editor
- Joel Lanning (born 1994), American football player
- Joël Le Tac (1918–2005), member of the Free French Forces (FFF) during the Second World War
- Joël Le Theule (1930–1980), French politician
- Joel Lebowitz (born 1930), American mathematical physicist
- Joel S. Levine (born 1942), American planetary and atmospheric scientist
- Joel López Pissano (born 1997), Argentine footballer
- Joel Löwe (1760–1802), German Biblical commentator
- Joel Luani (born 1992), Australian rugby player
- Joel Lundqvist (born 1982), Swedish ice hockey player
- Joel Lynch (born 1987), British football player
- Joel Madden (born 1979), American musician, lead vocalist for Good Charlotte
- Joel Dawit Makonnen (born 1982), Ethiopian prince
- Joel Makower (born 1952), American entrepreneur, writer, and strategist
- Joel Antônio Martins (1931–2003), Brazilian footballer known as "Joel"
- Joël Matip (born 1991), Cameroonian footballer
- Joel McCormack, American computer scientist
- Joel McCrea (1905–1990), American actor
- Joel McHale (born 1971), American actor and host
- Joel McIlroy (born 1973), Australian actor
- Joel McIver (born 1971), British author
- Joel McNeely (born 1959), American music composer for movies and television
- Joël Mergui (born 1958), French Jewish official
- Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938), American photographer
- Joel Meyers, American sportscaster
- Joel David Moore (born 1977), American actor
- Joel Moses (1941–2022), Israel-born American computer scientist
- Joel Müller (1897–1895) German rabbi
- Joel Muñoz (born 1980), Panamanian basketball player
- Joel Murray (born 1963), American actor
- Joel Murray (basketball) (born 1999), American basketball player
- Joel Myers (born 1939), American businessman, founder, president and chairman of the board of AccuWeather, Inc.
- Joël Gustave Nana Ngongang (1982–2015), Cameroonian activist for LGBT human rights & HIV/AIDS in Africa
- Joel Oppenheimer (1930–1988) American poet
- Joel Osteen (1983), American author, pastor, and televangelist
- Joel Otto (1961), American ice hockey player
- Joel Palmer (1810–1881), American pioneer, author and politician
- Joel Parker (American football) (b. 1952), American football player
- Joel Parker (clergyman) (1799–1873), American Presbyterian clergyman
- Joel Parker (jurist) (1795–1875), American jurist from New Hampshire
- Joel Parker (politician) (1816–1888), American politician for the Democratic Party
- Joel Peralta (born 1976), Dominican baseball player
- Joel Perovuo (born 1985), Finnish football player
- Joel Pimentel de León (born 1999), American singer
- Joel Piñeiro (born 1978), American baseball player
- Joel Plaskett (born 1975), Canadian rock musician
- Joel Pohjanpalo (born 1995), Finnish football player
- Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779–1851), American physician, botanist and diplomat
- Joel Porter (born 1978), Australian football player
- Joel Primack (born 1945), American professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Joel Przybilla (born 1979), American basketball player
- Joel Robles (born 1990), Spanish football player
- Yoel Rodríguez (born 1988), Spanish footballer
- Joel Quarrington (born 1955), Canadian bass player and soloist
- Joel Quenneville (born 1958), Canadian former ice hockey defenceman, and coach of the NHL's Florida Panthers
- Joel Reddy (born 1985), Australian Rugby League player
- Joel Rifkin (born 1959), American serial killer
- Joel Augustus Rogers (1880–1966), Jamaican-American author, journalist and historian
- Yoel Romero (born 1977), Cuban wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
- Joel Rosenberg (1954–2011), Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author
- Joel C. Rosenberg (born 1967), American author and communications strategist
- Joel Ross, American tennis player
- Joel Ross (vibraphonist), American jazz vibraphonist
- Joel Roth, American rabbi in the Rabbinical Assembly
- Joel Sacks (born 1989), Argentine footballer
- Joel Salatin (born 1975), American farmer, lecturer, and author
- Yoel Moshe Salomon (1838–1912), Ottoman newspaper publisher and co-founder of towns
- Joel Santana (born 1948), Brazilian manager and former football player
- Joel Schumacher (1939–2020) American director and producer
- Joel Sclavi (born 1994), Argentine rugby union player
- Joel Selwood (born 1988), Australian Rules footballer
- Joel Shapiro (born 1941), American sculptor
- Joel Shatzky (1943–2020), American writer and literary professor
- Joel Shepherd (born 1974), Australian science fiction author
- Joel Sherman (born 1962), American Scrabble expert
- Joel ibn Shu'aib, 15th-century rabbi from Aragon
- Joel Siegel (1943-2007), American film critic
- Joel Silbersher (born 1971), musician from Australia
- Joel Silver (born 1952), American film producer
- Joel Sirkis (1561–1640), Central European rabbi
- Joel Skinner (born 1961), American baseball player and coach
- Joel Sonnenberg (born 1977), Christian motivational speaker
- Joel Soriano (born 2000), American basketball player
- Joel Elias Spingarn (1875–1939), American civil rights activist
- Yoel Sela (born 1951), Israeli Olympic competitive sailor
- Joel Spitzer (born 1957), American smoking cessation educator
- Joel Spolsky (born 1965), American software engineer
- Joel Stebbins (1878–1966), American astronomer who pioneered photoelectric photometry in astronomy
- Joel Stein (born 1971), American journalist
- Joel Steinberg (born 1941), New York criminal defense attorney
- Joel Stelly (born 1984), American football player for the Chicago, IL Bears
- Joel Sternfeld (born 1944), American photographer
- Joel Stransky (born 1967), South African rugby union footballer
- Joel Stroetzel (born 1980), American guitarist from the Massachusetts metalcore band Killswitch Engage
- Joel Surnow (born 1955), American writer and producer
- Joel Sweeney (1810–1860), American musician who popularized the banjo
- Joel Teitelbaum (1887–1979), Hungarian Hasidic Rabbi and Talmudic scholar
- Joel Thompson (politician) (1760–1843), United States Representative from New York
- Joel Thompson (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian rugby league footballer
- Joel Tobeck (born 1971), New Zealand film and television actor
- Joel Tudor (born 1976), professional surfer from San Diego, California
- Joel Turner (musician) (born 1987), Australian musician
- Joel Veitch (born 1974), English web animator and member of the B3ta collective
- Joel Vital (born 1987), Portuguese footballer known as Joel
- Joël Veltman (born 1992), Dutch footballer
- Joël Voordewind (born 1965), Dutch politician
- Joel Ward (footballer) (born 1989), English footballer
- Joel Ward (ice hockey) (born 1980), ice hockey player
- Joel Ward (magician) (born 1983), magician
- Joel N. Ward (born 1959), foreign currency trader
- Joel Waterman (born 1996), Canadian soccer player
- Joel Wiener (born 1948/49), American billionaire real estate developer and landlord
- Joel Wilson (American football) (born 2000), American football player
- Joel Wilson (rugby) (born 1977), Australian rugby player
- Joel Wilson (umpire) (born 1966), Trinidadian cricket umpire
- Joel Yanofsky (1955–2020), Canadian novelist and literary columnist
- Joel Youngblood (born 1951), American Major League baseball player
- Joel Zifkin (born 1954), Canadian musician and songwriter from Montreal, QC
- Joel Zimmerman (born 1981), Canadian progressive house and electro house DJ better known as deadmau5
- Joel Zumaya (born 1984), American Major League Baseball relief pitcher
- Joel Zwick (born 1942), American director of movies, theatre, and television shows
Fictional characters
