Yael ( name ) - wikipedia Yael ( name ) Yael Gender Female Language ( s ) Hebrew Origin Word / name Judaic Meaning Nubian Ibex Region of origin Near Eastern Other names Alternative spelling Iael, Iaël, Jael, Jaël, Yaël, Ιαήλ ( Greek ) Yael ( Hebrew : יעל ‎ ‎, pronounced ( jaˈʔel ) ; also spelled Jael ) is a female given name, from the Hebrew word for the Nubian ibex. Contents 1 People with this name 1.1 Given name 1.2 Middle name 2 Fictional characters 3 Music 4 See also People with this name Given name Yael, Biblical figure in the Book of Judges Jaël, Swiss singer / songwriter Jael ( artist ), American fantasy artist / illustrator Jael Strauss, contestant on America 's Next Top Model, Cycle 8 Yael Abecassis, Israeli actress and model Yael Arad, Israeli Olympic - medalist judoka Yael Averbuch, American soccer player Yael Bar Zohar, Israeli actress, model, and television host Yael Bartana, Israeli video artist Yael Cohen, founder and CEO of Fuck Cancer Yael Dayan, Israeli writer and politician Yael Eckstein, senior vice president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews Yael S. Feldman, Israeli - born American scholar Yael German Yael Goldman, Israeli actress, TV host, and model Yael Grobglas, Israeli actress Yaël Hassan, French - Israeli writer Yael Kanarek, Israeli - American artist Yael Kraus, Israeli singer / songwriter Yael Ksander, WFIU, Bloomington, IN, USA Radio Announcer Yael Goldstein Love, novelist, editor, and book critic Yael Markovich, Israeli - American model and Israeli beauty queen titleholder Yael Meyer, singer, songwriter, musician, and producer Yael Naim, French - Israeli singer / songwriter Yael Neeman, Israeli author Yael Rom ( born Yael Finkelstein ), one of the first female pilots of the Israeli Air Force Yael Stone, Australian actress Yael Tal, Israeli actress Yael Tamir, Israeli academic and politician Yael Yuzon, Filipino vocalist and guitarist The Hebrew name adopted by Ivanka Trump, after converting to Judaism Middle name Jenifer Yaël Dadouche - Bartoli, French pop singer Daniela Yael Krukower, Israeli - Argentinean judoka world champion Jamie Yaela Maurer, American photographer Fictional characters Jael ( Alice Jael Reasoner ), assassin in Joanna Russ ' 1975 novel The Female Man Yael, woman in ancient Israel who escapes the massacre at Masada in Alice Hoffman 's 2011 novel The Dovekeepers Yael Aronov in John Sanford 's 2013 novel Storm Front Yael Baron ( portrayed by Jamie Bloch ) in Netflix 's original series Degrassi : Next Class Yael, protagonist in the alternate history novel Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin. Yael Hoffman ( portrayed by Meital Dohan ) in the series Weeds Music Yael Naim, second studio album by Yael Naïm See also Merkaz Yael, a village in northern Israel This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yael_(name)&oldid=792937116 '' Categories : Given names Hebrew feminine given names Hidden categories : Articles containing Hebrew - language text All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Italiano עברית Edit links This page was last edited on 29 July 2017, at 17 : 54. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the meaning of the hebrew name yael
Answer: Nubian ibex