Gender:
Origin:
Hebrew
14 famous people named Yechiel found on Wikipedia.
1479 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
2605-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
1915-th in year 2014
Yechiel (Hebrew: יְחִיאֵל) is a Hebrew masculine given name meaning "May God live" or "God shall live".
Several people in the Bible have this name. See List of minor biblical figures § Jehiel.
Alternative spellings of Yechiel include Jehiel, Yehiel, Yechi'el, and Yiddish variants include Ichel, Ychel, and Echiel.
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yechiyel: God lives, whom God preserves alive.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yechiel Eckstein | 1951 | Founder and President of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. |
| 2 | Yechiel of Paris | 1200 | French rabbi |
| 3 | Yechiel Michel Epstein | 1829 | Belarusian rabbi |
| 4 | Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg | 1884 | Polish rabbi |
| 5 | Yechiel Perr | 1935 | Rosh yeshiva |
| 6 | Yechiel Michel Feinstein | 1906 | Lithuanian rabbi |
| 7 | Yechiel Lerer | 1910 | Yiddish poet |
| 8 | Yechiel Leiter | Israeli policy analyst | |
| 9 | Yechiel Shemi | 1922 | Israeli artist |
| 10 | Yechiel Hameiri | 1949 | Israeli footballer |
| 11 | Yechiel Fishel Eisenbach | Rosh yeshiva, Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva | |
| 12 | Yechiel (Eli) Shainblum | Canadian artist | |
| 13 | Yechiel Granatstein | 1913 | |
| 14 | Yechiel Shraibman | 1913 | Romanian writer |