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 [ 2 syll. joe-(l)le, jo-e-lle ] The girl name Joelle is pronounced JHowEHL KEY. Joelle is of Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in English, French, and German. The meaning of Joelle is 'Yahweh is God'. Biblical name derived from yahweh 'name of God' ; el which means 'God, powerful'. The generic name has been used in the Old Testament of the Bible. Joelle is the feminine equivalent of the English and German Joel. Forms of the name include the English Jody, the English Joe, the English Joela, the English Joella, the English Joellen, the English Joellyn, the English Joey, and the French Joëlle. Another form of Joelle is the English spelling variant Joell. Joelle is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1966 with 0.023% of baby girls being named Joelle. It was #468 in rank then. The baby name has markedly dropped in popularity since then, and is used only on an infrequent scale now. Among all girl names in its family, Joelle was nevertheless the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Joelle include the English Joell, the French Joëlle, the English Jacquel, the English Jacquil, the English Jahel, the Arabic Jala, the English Jayla, the English Jaylah, the English Jaylee, the Slavic Jela, the English Jewel, the English Jewell, the English Jewelle, the English Jillie, the English Joela, the English and Polish Jola, the French and Hungarian Joli, the French and English Jolie, the English Joyelle, and the English Joysel. KEY: Pronunciation for Joelle: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
