Jor-el - Meaning of Jor-el

What does Jor-el mean?

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Jor-el

[ syll. jo-rel, jor-el ] The baby boy name Jor-el is pronounced JH-REHL †. Jor-el's language of origin is Krypton. The name Jor-el means 'father'. This is derived from the name of the scientist father of Superman (1938-) who lives on the planet Krypton.

Variants of Jor-el include Jorel (English), Jorell (English), Jorelle, Jorrel (English), Jorrell (English), and Jurrell (English).

See also the related categories, planet (moon), lives, scientist (doctor), and krypton.

Jor-el is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is listed outside of the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Jor-el include Jorel, Jorelle, Jarell, Jarrel, Jarrell, Jerail, Jerel, Jerell, Jerelle, Jerrel, Jerrell, Jerrelle, Jerryl, Jerryll, Jorell, Girault, Jerall, Jeriel, Jesharelah, and Jezreel.

† approx English pronunciation for Jor-el: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"