Given name
Ismaela
“God will listen”
In Spanish use, Ismaela carries the interpretation “God will listen.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Ismaela carries the interpretation “God will listen.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
Ismaela is used as a feminine counterpart of Ismael.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ismaela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,835 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,835 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 173 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ismaela’s family of names
Ismaela is a feminine form of Ismael. Ismaela has a related form in Ismaila. Ismaela has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ismael.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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