Given name
Ísmael
Ísmael is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
Ísmael’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Ísmael has a conventional equivalent in the French form Ismaël.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ísmael
- Ismail HaniyehHamas leader (1962–2025)
- Ismail Ifounder and first shah of Safavid Iran1487–1524
- Ismail al-FaruqiPalestinian-American Muslim philosopher and scholar (1921–1986)
- Isma'il Pasha of EgyptKhedive of Egypt from 1863 to 18791830–1895
- Ibn KathirSyrian Islamic historian, exegete and scholar (c.1300–1373)1301–1373
- Ismail QemaliPrime Minister of Albania (1844-1919)
- Ismail IISafavid Shah of Iran from 1576 to 15771533–1577
- Ismail Ibn SharifSultan of Morocco from 1672 to 17271645–1727
- Ismail GasprinskyCrimean Tatar intellectual and politician (1851-1914)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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