Joel

Joel comes from the Hebrew Yo'el, "Yahweh is God," and belongs to one of the twelve minor prophets, whose short book of locusts and restoration rings with intensity. The name traveled through Puritan New England, stayed quietly in the American top 300 through the twentieth century, and never really needed a revival because it never really left. Joel has always been a quiet favorite across Jewish, Christian, and Spanish-speaking families. One syllable in English, two in Spanish, it adjusts without complaint. Warm, unshowy, and steady, it's a name that fits a child and a grown man equally well.