| The boy name Yankel [ syll. yan-kel, ya-nk-el ] is pronounced as YAENGKahL KEY. Yankel is largely used in Yiddish and its origin is Hebrew. Yankel is a variant of the name Jacob (Dutch, English, and Scandinavian). Yankel is a Yiddish pet form of the name Jakob (German). Yankel is uncommon as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. Within the family of boy names directly related to Yankel, Jacob (Dutch, English, and Scandinavian) was the most widely used in 2007. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Yankel: Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; NG as in "ping (P.IH.NG)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"
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