Hoil as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Hoil

What is the meaning of the name Hoil ?

The baby name Hoil is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'IPA': '/hoɪl/', 'note': "One-syllable pronunciation, rhymes with 'coil' or 'soil'."},{'IPA': '/ho.il/', 'note': 'Two-syllable pronunciation reflecting a Romanized Korean split (Ho-il).'}.

Hoil is Korean in Origin.

Hoil bridges cultures. In Korean, Hoil (often written Ho-il or Ho Il) is a masculine compound given name whose meaning depends on the hanja chosen: Ho may be 浩 “vast,” 虎 “tiger,” 皓 “bright,” or 湖 “lake,” while Il can be 一 “one” or 日 “sun/day,” yielding readings like “vast sun” or “bright one.” Separately, Hoil appears as an Anglicized form related to Breton/Welsh Hoel/Hoël, cognate with Welsh Hywel and typically glossed “eminent, conspicuous,” source of the surname Howell.

As a Korean given name, Hoil saw mid- to late‑20th‑century use and remains uncommon today. In Celtic tradition it echoes Arthurian King Hoel of Brittany. Hoil also occurs as a Yucatec Maya surname in Mexico, sometimes adopted as a modern given name. Variants include Ho-il, Ho Il, Hoel/Hoël, Hywel, and Howell.

⚙ Hoil barely registers. Across 3 countries, we found just 8 recorded uses of it.