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Is the name Yael recommended for a girl?
Question
Urgent!!
I would be very happy to receive by email information about whether there is any problem or recommendation against naming a daughter Yael?
Thank you in advance.
Answer
Mo'adim l'simchah,
The name Yael is good and recommended. This was cited in the book Ma'ayan Omer, Part XII (Chapter 1, Siman 26), in the name of HaGaon Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, zt"l, and in the book Yeshuot Mordechai (page 118) in the name of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, zt"l. Likewise, in the book Shemot Ba'Aretz (page 48), it was written in the name of HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, zt"l, that one may give the name Yael to a daughter, because it is from the Tanach and she was righteous.
With blessings,
Hillel Meirs
