Given name · Macedonian · Russian
Исмаил
“God will listen”
Исмаил (Ismail) is a masculine given name. It is used in Macedonian.
Macedonian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Ishmael.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Исмаил is Ismail written in Cyrillic. Ismail is a variant of Ishmael. One Hebrew interpretation is “God will listen.”
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Where it comes from
Исмаил is Ismail written in Cyrillic. An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
Исмаил’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Исмаил has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ismael. In Macedonian usage, Исмаил can be written in the Roman alphabet as Ismail. In Macedonian usage, Исмаил has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ishmael.
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Around the world
Исмаил has relatives in 6 languages.
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Spellings & scripts 1
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Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
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