Thoughts on Joel?

[janie85]

I am pg with DC2, I really like Joel for a boy. I saw someone's name pop up on the TV and I thought it would make a good name since it's a solid name yet probably not that common - any thoughts? X

Love it - handsome name

I grew up with lots of boys named Joel in North London. It was very popular with boys born in the 80’s of Caribbean descent. All pronounced Joe-Elle. I actually didn’t know about the shorter Joel pronunciation (to rhyme with mole) until many years later as I was so used to hearing it the first way. Anyway I like it a lot op, simple underused name these days I would say, Good luck.

I like it, but only when it is pronounced Jo-ul (and the same for Noel too!) "Jole" sounds wrong to me, sort of how Dot Cotton would pronounce it (I am not a Londoner).