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Name Ishmael

Meaning:God hearsTools:

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About the name Ishmael in particular

Gender:male
Languages of use:English
US 2021 rank:not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:Ismael, Ismaël, Ismaele, Ismail, Ismail, Israel, Mishael, Shmuel     Details
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About Ishmael, the group of names with the same origin as Ishmael

Meaning/translation:God hears
Language of origin:Hebrew
Info about origin:in the Bible Ishmael is the first son of Abraham
 the Arabs see Ishmael as their traditional ancestor
Words:shama = to hear  Hebrew
 el = God, the powerful  Hebrew
Topics:Old Testament
Variants' top ranks:8:Ismail Turkey 2013,  22:Ismail Turkey 2007,  27:Ismael Madrid 2001,  28:Ismaël Paris 2021,  902:Ishmael USA 1997
Old/original forms:Yishma'el Hebrew
Name variants:Ishmael, Ismael, Ismaël, Ismaele, Ismail, Ismail   Sortable list   Details
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Popularity lists that contain the name Ishmael

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USA yearlyGraph1998 952,  1997 9021996 924,  1995 987