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YahelIn Hebrew: יהל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: יָהֵל
Yahel (Hebrew: יהל) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 4,722 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 63 girls and ranked #254. Its peak year was 2013, with 244 babies.
- People in Israel
- 4,722
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 63
- rank #254
- Peak year
- 2013
- 244 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Yahel
In Hebrew letters the name is יהל, read right to left. Yahel is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Yahel by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Yahel
How do you write Yahel in Hebrew?
Yahel is written יהל in Hebrew (with vowel points: יָהֵל). Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Yahel?
4,722 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name יהל: 2,642 women and 2,080 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Yahel a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 56% of the people named יהל are women and 44% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.