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Given name · Yiddish

ישׂראל

ישׂראל is a given name from Hebrew. It is used in Yiddish.

YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Israel.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

ישׂראל comes from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hebrew ישראל.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

ישׂראל’s family of names

In Yiddish usage, ישׂראל has a later derivative in YISROEL. In Yiddish usage, ישׂראל has a conventional equivalent in the English form Israel. In Yiddish usage, ישׂראל has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Izrael.

Walk ישׂראל’s family in the name graph

ישׂראלIsraelIzrael以色列

The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

ישׂראל has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.

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4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love ישׂראל, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew

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No U.S. birth series

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“my God is an oath”

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Hanna-Mari

Hanna-Mari is a feminine given name. It is used in Finnish.

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“wipe clean” · “strike”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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Lamec

“to make small”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Japhlet

“he will deliver”

No U.S. birth series

86% boys · 14% girls

Hebrew

Neemia

“consolation of Yahweh”

No U.S. birth series

77% boys · 23% girls

Sibling ideas

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