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Name Ismail

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God hears

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About the name Ismail in particular

In original script:	İsmail As large picture
Gender:	male
Languages of use:	Turkish
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Ismail, Ismael, Ismaël, Isael, 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, 9:Ismael Dominican Republic 2023, 20:Ismaël Paris 2023, 22:Ismail Turkey 2007, 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
Turkey prevalence		2013 8