Jehieli as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jehieli

What is the meaning of the name Jehieli ?

The baby name Jehieli is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced yeh-HEE-eh-lee.

Jehieli is Hebrew in Origin.

Jehieli is a modern Hebrew‑derived given name built on the biblical name Jehiel (Hebrew Yehiel, Yehi’el), from yehi "may [he] live" + ’El "God," yielding the meaning "May God live" or "God lives." The -i ending reflects a Hebrew relational suffix ("of, belonging to"), so Jehieli can be read as a stylistic or patronymic variant of Jehiel; the spelling with initial J mirrors Spanish and older English transliterations where J represents a y sound.

The base name Jehiel occurs several times in the Hebrew Bible (notably in Chronicles and Ezra), and the medieval sage Rabbi Yechiel of Paris helped sustain its use in Jewish tradition. Today Jehieli is rare as a given name, sometimes used as a unisex or feminine form in Spanish‑speaking Christian communities, while Yehieli also appears in Israel as a surname. Related variants include Jehiel, Jeiel, Yechiel, Yehiel, and Yehieli; occasional feminized forms are Jehiela/Jeiela.