Yael (name)
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| meaning = ibex, mountain goat
| region = Near Eastern
| language = Hebrew
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| alternative spelling = Iael, Iaël, Jael, Jaël, Yaël, Ιαήλ (Greek)
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Yael ({{langx|he|יָעֵל}}, {{IPA|he|jaˈʔel|pron}}; also spelled Jael) is a given name of Hebrew origin. It is the name of biblical figure Jael, who saved the Israelites by killing Sisera, commander of the Canaanite king Jabin's army, by hammering a tent peg through his temple while asleep in her tent. The Hebrew ya'el means ibex, a nimble, sure-footed mountain goat native to that region.{{cite web|last=Goode|first=Richard|title=Wild Goat/Ibex|website=Newman Research Centre for the Bible and Its Reception|date=2019|url=https://bibleresearchtoday.com/2019/06/06/wild-goat-ibex-day-6-of-30-days-biblically-wild/|access-date=October 29, 2020}} As of 2018, Yael was one of the most common female first names in contemporary Israel.{{cite web|title=What are the most popular Jewish baby names in Israel?|date=14 February 2018|url=https://m.jpost.com/Israel-News/What-are-the-most-popular-Jewish-baby-names-in-Israel-542614/}}
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People with the given name
- Yael Abecassis (b. 1967), Israeli actress and model
- Yael Arad (b. 1967), Israeli Olympic-medalist judoka
- Yael Averbuch (b. 1986), American soccer player
- Yael Bartana (b. 1970), Israeli video artist
- Yael Bitrán (b. 1965), Chilean-born naturalized Mexican historian, translator, and musicologist
- Yael Braudo-Bahat, Israeli peace activist
- Yael Cohen (b. 1986), founder and CEO of Fuck Cancer
- Yael Dayan (1939-2024), Israeli writer and politician
- Yael Eckstein, senior vice president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
- Yael S. Feldman (b. 1941), Israeli-born American scholar
- Yael German (b. 1947), Israeli politician
- Yael Globerman (b. 1954), Israeli poet, writer, and translator
- Yael Goldman (b. 1978), Israeli actress, TV host, and model
- Yael Grobglas (b. 1984), Israeli actress
- Yaël Hassan (b. 1952), French-Israeli writer
- Yael Tauman Kalai, Israeli-American cryptographer
- Yael Kanarek (b. 1967), Israeli-American artist
- Yaelle Kayam, Israeli Israeli filmmaker and journalist, whose first name is actually {{lang|he|יעל}}
- Yael Kraus (b. 1977), Israeli singer/songwriter
- Yael Lempert (b. 1973/4), American diplomat
- Yael Goldstein Love (b. 1978), American novelist, editor, and book critic
- Yael Markovich (b. 1984), Israeli-American model and Israeli beauty queen titleholder
- Yael Meyer (b. 1981), Chilean singer, songwriter, musician, and producer
- Yael Naim (b. 1978), French-Israeli singer/songwriter
- Yaël Braun-Pivet (b. 1970), French lawyer and politician
- Yael Poliakov (born 1977), Israeli actress, comedian, and screenwriter
- Yael Rom née Finkelstein (1932–2006), one of the first female pilots of the Israeli Air Force
- Jael Ruesch (née Ashton), known as Jael (1937–2000), American fantasy artist/illustrator
- Yael Stone (b. 1985), Australian actress
- Jael Strauss (d. 2018), contestant on America's Next Top Model, season 8
- Yael Tal (b. 1983), Israeli actress
- Yael Tamir (b. 1954), Israeli academic and politician
- Yael Yuzon (b. 1983), Filipino vocalist and guitarist
- Yael Bar Zohar (b. 1980), Israeli actress, model, and television host
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- Jenifer Bartoli (Jenifer Yaël Dadouche-Bartoli) (born 1982), French pop singer
- Daniela Yael Krukower (born 1975), Israeli-Argentinean judoka world champion
Pseudonym
- Jaël (born 1979), stage name of Rahel Krebs, Swiss singer/songwriter
Fictional characters
- Yael, a woman in ancient Israel who escapes the massacre at Masada, in Alice Hoffman's novel The Dovekeepers (2011)
- Yael Aronov, in John Sanford's novel Storm Front (2013)
- Yael "Yaeli" Ashkenazi, in the Netflix Original series When Heroes Fly
- Yael Baron, in the Netflix Original series Degrassi: Next Class
- Yael Hoffman, in the TV series Weeds
- Alice Jael Reasoner, also known as Jael, an assassin in Joanna Russ' novel The Female Man (1975)
- Yael from "Return to Me" by Lynn Austin
See also
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- Ivanka Trump (born 1981), took the Hebrew name Yael after converting to Judaism