Yoel is the Hebrew form of Joel and means "Yahweh is God", after the prophet whose short book is part of the Old Testament. In the United States it is chosen by Orthodox Jewish families and, as a Spanish spelling, by Latino families. Yoel ranked number 1741 in 2000, came closest to the top 1000 at number 1101 in 2019 and stands at number 1643 in 2025 with 103 boys.