Given name & surname
Ismaël
“God has heard”
Ismaël is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.
Original LatinIsmael
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ismaël goes back to Latin Ismael, meaning “God has heard.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ismaël’s family of names
In French usage, Ismaël has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Ismael. In French usage, Ismaël has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ishmael. In French usage, Ismaël has a conventional equivalent in Ismaila.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Ismaël has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Ismaël comes from · 1 name
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- IsmaelLatin, Portuguese
- IshmaelEnglish
- IsmailaComorian
- ИзмаилRussian
- İsmailTurkish
- ИсмаилRussian
- イシュマエルJapanese
- ÍsmaelIcelandic
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People named Ismaël
- Ismaël BennacerAlgerian footballerborn 1997
- Ismaël BullialdusFrench astronomer1605–1694
- Ismaël TraoréIvorian footballerborn 1986
- Ismaël LôSenegalese musicianborn 1956
- Ismaël GharbiTunisian association football player (born 2004)
- Ismaël DoukouréFrench footballer (born 2003)
- Ismaël FerroukhiFrench Moroccan film director (born 1962)
- Ismaël KandoussMoroccan footballerborn 1997
- Ismaël BouraComorian association football player (born 2000)
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