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Name Ismail

Meaning:

God hears

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About the name Ismail in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	Arabic
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Ismail, Ismael, Ismaël, Isai, Isaia, Ishmael, Ismaele, Israel, Misail Details

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About Ishmael, the group of names with the same origin as Ismail

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 Ismail

Series	Graph	Rankings
France		2002 308
Switzerland		1997 428
Turkey	Graph	2010 26, 2009 26, 2008 23, 2007 22

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