Yoel NOT Yoily? | Imamother

amother

Crimson

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 10:26 am

We are due soon and would like to name Yoel after my father in law. Do you know any Yoels who are NOT called Yoily? I do not like Yoily at all.

And do you pronounce it YO-elle (like hamalach ha GO-elle) or Yole (rhymes with mole)

ra_mom

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 10:33 am

I know a Yo-elle and also a Yole Aron (transliteration obviously).

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 10:34 am

I'm probably not in your type of community, considering that I have never met a Yoily. Yoel, on the other hand, is a very familiar name to me. It is pronounced with two syllables.

paperflowers

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 10:34 am

I know Yo-els who are called just that

gold21

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 10:36 am

I know a boy, not chassidish, called Yoel, pronounced Yo-El.

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groovy1224

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 10:36 am

I have a relative Yoel. His parents are VERY specific that he is to be called Yoel and not Yoily. So far that's what he's called, but he's just a baby so he hasn't been around too long.

Pronounced Yo- elle.

happy to be me

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 10:39 am

I know someone yoel that pronounces it yoyel. And different person that is called yoeli pronounced yoili. Both are not chassidish if that makes a difference.

watergirl

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 10:39 am

I have a close relative, a kid, named Yoel. He has never been called anything other than Yoel. I’ve also never met anyone named Yoel who goes by anything else.

flowerpower

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 10:40 am

Sure I know some Yoels. You don’t have to call him Yoely.

How old was your fil when he passed away? Most Yoelys are maybe 39/40 now.

FranticFrummie

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 10:40 am

I have a friend with a Yoel. Her parents hate the name, so they call him Jo-jo. I'ts cute, and it kind of stuck. I'm sure he'll insist on Yoel when he gets older, and make his nickname just a family thing.

ra_mom

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 10:45 am

flowerpower wrote:

Sure I know some Yoels. You don’t have to call him Yoely.

How old was your fil when he passed away? Most Yoelys are maybe 39/40 now.

Yoelys may be 39/40. But I know plenty of non satmar people from the early 1900s who were Yoel. Very Happy

And I'm quite sure the name goes back thousands of years before that too. Smile

flowerpower

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 10:51 am

ra_mom wrote:

Yoelys may be 39/40. But I know plenty of non satmar people from the early 1900s who were Yoel. Very Happy

And I'm quite sure the name goes back thousands of years before that too. Smile

I know. I’m just curious because she mentioned the Yoely part. Most that are not named after the Satmer rebbe are called Yoel.

amother

Orange

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 11:19 am

I know a few Yoels. Pronounced Yo-ell. One is Heimish, one is Litvish, one is Chassidish (not Satmar). I know a Yoeli that's Heimish, and a Yoeli that's Chassidish but not Satmar. But I agree with flowerpower that Yoeli with the I or Y at the end is mostly known as a Satmar name. .
The name Yoel is a pretty common name in many circles, dating back to Yoel Hanavi.
I think it's a beautiful name.

amother

Rose

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 11:24 am

Love the name. So mellifluous.

amother

Orchid

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 11:25 am

I know plenty of Yoel's. It's basically the satmer that are called Yoely.

amother

Natural

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 12:07 pm

I have a Yoel. Pronounced Yo-el. Just like it is spelled. We didn't want him to be a yoily, yoilish, etc. I am not Satmer.

So he is Yoel rhyming with hamalach haGo'el, not mole or pole. I don't know any yole moles.

I know another litvish Yoiel, pronounced Yoy-il

Moonlight

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 12:15 pm

gold21 wrote:

I know a boy, not chassidish, called Yoel, pronounced Yo-El.

same
not chassidish

essie14

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 12:25 pm

I am not chassidish and I know several Yoels and zero Yoilys. Some are pronounced Yo-elle and some Yole. I also know a few who are called Eli.

mommy3b2c

Thu, Mar 28 2019, 12:27 pm

I know a Yoel called Yoey. Rhymes wish Joey.