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{{Infobox given name
| name           = Yechiel
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| gender         = Male
| meaning        = ''May God live''
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| origin         = Hebrew
| related names  = Jehiel<br/>יְחִיאֵל (Yekhiyyel/Yeħiyyêl) <small>([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]])</small>
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'''Yechiel''' ({{langx|he|יְחִיאֵל}}) is a [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] masculine [[given name]] meaning "May God live" or "God shall live".
Several people in the Bible have this name. See [[Jehiel (biblical figure)]].
Alternative spellings of Yechiel include '''Jehiel''', '''Yehiel''', '''Yechi'el''', and Yiddish variants include '''Ichel''', '''Ychel''', '''Echiel''', '''Cheil''', and ''' Chil''' may refer to:
==People==
*[[Yehiel Bar]] (born 1975), Israeli politician
*[[Jehiel Brooks]] (1797–1886), American soldier and politician
*[[Yehiel De-Nur]] (1909–2001), Israeli writer
*[[Yehiel Dresner]] (1922–1947), Israeli paramilitary fighter
*[[Yechiel Eckstein]] (1951–2019), American rabbi
*[[Yechiel Fishel Eisenbach]] (1925–2008), Israeli rabbi
*[[Jehiel R. Elyachar]] (1898–1989), American engineer
*[[Yechiel Michel Epstein]] (1829–1908), Lithuanian rabbi
*[[Yechiel Granatstein]] (1913–2008), Polish-born Jewish author and writer
*[[Yehiel Lasri]] (born 1957), Israeli politician and mayor
*[[Yechiel Leiter]] (born 1959), Israeli political scientist and civic leader
*[[Yechiel Lerer]] (1910–1943), Polish poet
*[[Yehiel Rabinowitz]] (born 1939), French artist
*[[Yechiel Shemi]] (1922–2003), Israeli sculptor
*[[Yehiel Tzagai]] (born 1983), Israeli football player
==References==
* [http://www.aish.com/literacy/lifecycle/Boys_Names.asp The origin and meaning of common Jewish names at ''Aish.com'']
* [http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/jehiel.html Yechiel/Jehiel at ''Christian Answers'']
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