as a First Name
Jewish: from a Hebrew word denoting a female wild goat. The name is borne in the Bible by a Kenite woman who killed Sisera, the Canaanite general and an enemy of the Israelites, by hammering a tent peg through his temples while he was asleep (Judges 4:17–22). It has remained extremely popular among Jews to the present day, but has achieved little currency among non-Jews.
| 4,596th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,924
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New York
- has the most people named Yael per capita
- 2010
- marked the height of its popularity
56%
44%
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55+
11%
30-54
30-54
13%
13-29
13-29
76%
0-12
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