Joel

[FlumpyMummy]

Expecting a baby next year and finding it difficult to agree on a name for a boy. However, we both quite like Joel.

What are your thoughts on the name?

Lovely

My son is called Saul which I would put in the same category - Old Testament, Jewish (we are not Jewish though)

Its ok prefer joe joey with joseph as the full name

I love Joel, gorgeous name.

PS I like it because it's unusual but not unheard of. And it just sounds nice.

I like it. It’s underused.

How is it pronounced? Jo-elle?

Lovely name!

I say it Joal (to rhyme with coal)

It could be pronounced either way. I would probably say it as coal with a j.

Thanks for your replies!

I like it, and like that it is not over-used.

I have two DSes and this was my no2 for both. Still kind of wish I had used it - classic, easy to say and spell while not particularly common. All boxes = ticked.
Gorgeous. Do it for me (some random on the inter webs).

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Absolutely love it.

Classic. Easy to spell, can't be shortened, but can be nicknamed for when they are little, I love this name, it's a great choice. Not too close to Joe or Joseph to cause confusion. Works in lots of other languages too.

I would say in English we should probably say Joal like coal but in French it's written Joël so should be said Jo elle.

I like it.

We have a teen Joel and only know of one other. We pronounce it Joal, well everyone except his auntie and a cousin who call him jo-el 😄

When I see Joel my brain thinks Jo el. I'm surprised many pronounce it Joal..?!

Love it!

I really like it and nearly used it, but the thing that put me off was the pronunciation - I couldn't figure out if it should be 'Jole' or 'Jo-el' (with no specific emphasis on the 'el' but slightly more separated than 'Jole' if that makes sense) and the more I kept saying it out loud, the more saying it pissed me off and annoyed me! So I figured I better not!

Love Joel.

Jo-el' (with no specific emphasis on the 'el' but slightly more separated than 'Jole' if that makes sense)

That's how I say it. Sort of more like Jo-ul than Jo-el really. I don't really like it as "Jole" to rhyme with coal. Nice name, but I probably wouldn't use it because it would bug me if people pronounced it differently from me!

Yes I pronounce Joel like vegemite and fox do.

Since calling my son Saul I've been surprised to find that some people seem to have trouble pronouncing it. Rhymes with Paul, I thought most people knew that, but in my experience so far, they often don't!

Lovely name

Saul is easy to pronounce in comparison to Joel!

Some people pronounce it more like "Soul"