Yael (, ; also spelled Jael) is a Biblical female given name. It is the name of Yael, the wife of Heber in the Book of Judges, who killed Sisera, the king of the Canaanites, by hammering a tent peg through his temple. The meaning of the name is "ibex, mountain goat", from a verbal phrase meaning "he goes up". In France, Yael or Yaël has been recorded was a somewhat rare feminine given name given in the 1970s and 1980s; it has since re-surfaced as a masculine given name ranked between 494th and 249th in popularity in France during 2000 to 2021. People with the given name Yael Abecassis (b. 1967), Israeli actress and model Yael Arad (b. 1967), Israeli Olympic-medalist judoka Yael Averbuch (b. 1986), American soccer player Yael Bartana (b. 1970), Israeli video artist Yael Cohen (b. 1986), founder and CEO of Fuck Cancer Yael Dayan (b. 1939), Israeli writer and politician Yael Eckstein, senior vice president of the [International Fellowship of Christians and Jews Yael S. Feldman (b. 1941), Israeli-born American scholar Yael German (b. 1947), Israeli politician Yael Globerman (b. 1954), Israeli poet, writer, and translator Yael Goldman (b. 1978), Israeli actress, TV host, and model Yael Grobglas (b. 1984), Israeli actress Yaël Hassan (b. 1952), French-Israeli writer Yael Tauman Kalai, Israeli-American cryptographer Yael Kanarek (b. 1967), Israeli-American artist Yael Kraus (b. 1977), Israeli singer/songwriter Yael Lempert (b. 1973/4), American diplomat Yael Goldstein Love (b. 1978), American novelist, editor, and book critic Yael Markovich (b. 1984), Israeli-American model and Israeli beauty queen titleholder Yael Meyer (b. 1981), Chilean singer, songwriter, musician, and producer Yael Naim (b. 1978), French-Israeli singer/songwriter Yaël Braun-Pivet (b. 1970), French lawyer and politician Yael Rom née Finkelstein (1932–2006), one of the first female pilots of the Israeli Air Force Jael Ruesch (née Ashton), known as Jael (1937–2000), American fantasy artist/illustrator Yael Stone (b. 1985), Australian actress Jael Strauss (d. 2018), contestant on America's Next Top Model, season 8 Yael Tal (b. 1983), Israeli actress Yael Tamir (b. 1954), Israeli academic and politician Yael Yuzon (b. 1983), Filipino vocalist and guitarist Yael Bar Zohar (b. 1980), Israeli actress, model, and television host Middle name Jenifer Bartoli (Jenifer Yaël Dadouche-Bartoli), French pop singer Daniela Yael Krukower, Israeli-Argentinean judoka world champion Pseudonym Jaël, stage name of Rahel Krebs, Swiss singer/songwriter Ivanka Trump took the Hebrew name Yael after converting to Judaism Fictional characters Yael,