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Ibex (Hebrew name background)
The Hebrew entry lists the noun meaning ibex and a female given name explicitly equivalent to English Yael in the same etymology section. This supplies the documented Hebrew background; the broader licensed goat gloss remains a separate candidate. The noun and the name have different grammatical gender.
Modern Israeli Hebrew rendering
The English entry explicitly records a rendering of a modern Israeli Hebrew feminine name and lists Jael as an alternative. It does not independently provide a literal root meaning.
Not yet published for this spelling.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Girls | 9 · preliminary | 2282 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 5 · preliminary | 3153 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Girls | 15 (rounded to 5) | 2128 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Boys | 10 (rounded to 5) | 2698 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Girls | 16 | 1809 | Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2005 | Boys | 3 | 3849 | Historical source: not all years independently cross-checked. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 127 | 1631 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 304 | 817 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The Hebrew entry lists the noun meaning ibex and a female given name explicitly equivalent to English Yael in the same etymology section. This supplies the documented Hebrew background; the broader licensed goat gloss remains a separate candidate. The noun and the name have different grammatical gender. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source text: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Rare Baby Names condensed the noun/name relationship and clarified its scope; Hebrew IPA has not been relabelled English.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The English entry explicitly records a rendering of a modern Israeli Hebrew feminine name and lists Jael as an alternative. It does not independently provide a literal root meaning.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Relationship explicitly recorded in the reviewed given-name section; spellings remain separate in popularity statistics.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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An explicitly recorded alternate spelling in the Yael given-name entry. Diacritics are preserved; each spelling keeps its own observations and preferred pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact personal-name entries and the cited revisions. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Yael&oldid=87898961. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed explicit naming relationships and lexical explanations, retaining separate spellings and excluding surname statistics; no images or audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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An explicitly recorded alternate spelling in the Yael given-name entry. Diacritics are preserved; each spelling keeps its own observations and preferred pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact personal-name entries and the cited revisions. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Yael&oldid=87898961. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed explicit naming relationships and lexical explanations, retaining separate spellings and excluding surname statistics; no images or audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
