Re: Russian names (was: Re: A perfect day...)

Vasiliy Chernov wrote:

>>My first name is Joel, which would be "Yul" in Russian, wouldn't
>>it?
>
>Do you know its etymology? I thought first of Yul(i)y, a rather common
>name, but it goes back to Julius. If your name doesn't, then it must be
>some really rare name; Ioil? (I don't remember the English spellings for
>many Biblical names, sorry :o )
Joel is not an especially rare name over here.  It's actually fairly common.
And no, it has no connection to Julius, as far as I know.  It comes from
a Hebrew name, which means something like "Yahweh is (the only) God".
Joel was a minor prophet, I think; one of the books of the Old Testament
was named after him.

Matt.