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[Starfish83]

Joel.

With two syllables with emphasis on the first and a subtle change to the second - ‘Jo-ul’?

Or ‘Jole’ to rhyme with ‘sole’, ‘role’, etc.?

Jole and Nole!

Two syllables with very strong emphasis on the first. Like Niamh, Cian, Liam or Noel. Not Neeve, Keen, Leem, Nole. Not Nee-ah v, Kee-anne, Lee-am or Noelle.

Jo-ull

Jo-ul

Northern but have a Joel in the family. It's as @DiegoSaber says. Two syllables but the stress is on the first. Kind of like Joe-ul

Jole.

Nole and Jole!

It’s a diphthong. JO-ull, roughly.

Jo-ul

Jole is the American style pronunciation but the European style is Jo-ell. I’ve got two male friends called Joel, both pronounced Jo-ell, one is French and one Belgian. So basically, either is correct depending on your preference.

Jo-ul

Jole to rhyme with hole is all kinds of wrong.

They’re in the dictionary, which says the pronunciation in British English .
həʊl = hole
ˈdʒəʊəl. = Joel
They are different.

Meant to add, Noel is like Joel too:
ˈnoʊəl

Joel is pronounced as it's written: Jo el (2 syllables)

If you want Jole, spell it Jole!

Nole and Jole!

And Noel and Joel!

I know a grown up Joel who pronounces it Jo elle.

To me, it clearly has 2 syllables.

Otherwise spell it Jole!

Lots of names have dropped the ë dots but are still pronounced the same eg Zoe, Noel or Joel.

It's like 1 1/2 syllables, stress on the Jo, then a kind of swallowed ul. Much like Noel.

Definitely pronounced Jole as it’s a boys name. If it were meant to be 2 syllables it would be written Joelle and would be a girls name.

I know male Joels who definitely pronounce it Jo el as 2 syllables. Even emphasis on both syllables.

The feminine version Joelle is pronounced Jo ELLE with the emphasis on the 2nd syllable.

Probably Jo ul but sometime Jole too. It would depend on how the person called Joel pronounced.

It's one of those words that has two sounds in one syllable: Jo-ul, neither Jole nor Jo+wool, but somewhere in between.

I would pn to rhyme with ‘dole’ etc but pp are right that a midlands accent would pronounce the vowels as a diphthong. The syllables won’t be as pronounced as in Joelle but they will be quite clear.

Jo-El - two syllables

Jole