Yigal

Yigal and Yigael (from Hebrew יגאל) are given names that mean "He (God) will redeem". People with those names include:

• Yigal Allon (1918–80), Israeli politician, acting Prime Minister, a commander of the Palmach, and general
• Yigal Amir (born 1970), Israeli assassin of Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin
• Yigal Antebi (born 1974), Israeli football player
• Yigal Arnon (1929-2014), Israeli lawyer and founder of Yigal Arnon & Co.
• Yigal Azrouël, Israeli-American fashion designer
• Yigal Bibi (born 1942), Israeli politician
• Yigal Carmon, president and founder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
• Yigal Cohen (1928–88), Israeli politician
• Yigal Cohen-Orgad (born 1937), Israeli politician
• Yigal Hurvitz (1918–94), Israeli politician
• Yigal Menahem (born 1963), Israeli football player and lawyer
• Yigal Mossinson (1917–94), Israeli novelist
• Yigal Naor (born 1958), Israeli actor
• Yigal Tumarkin (born 1933), Israeli painter
• Igal Volodarsky (also Igal Dar) (1936-1977), Israeli basketball player
• Yigael Yadin (1917–84), Israeli archeologist, politician, and the second Chief of Staff of the IDF
• Yigal Yasinov (born 1966), Israeli politician

See also

• Igal (disambiguation), the Anglicized form of Yigal
• Yigal Arnon & Co. (founded in 1957), an Israeli law firm