Given name · Arabic
إسماعيل
“he hears”·“God”
إسماعيل (ʔismāʕīl) is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left.
Meaning & origin
What it means
إسماعيل is built from elements meaning “he hears” and “God”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yishma'él, yišmāʿēl), built from Arabic يَسْمَعُ (“he hears”) + إلّ (“God”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
إسماعيل’s family of names
In Arabic usage, إسماعيل has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ismael. In Arabic usage, إسماعيل has a conventional equivalent in the French form Ismaël. In Arabic usage, إسماعيل has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Измаил.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
إسماعيل has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
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Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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