Given name & surname
Izrael
“he who strives with God”·“God perseveres”
Izrael is a variant of Israel. Interpretations include “he who strives with God” (Hebrew) and “God perseveres” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Izrael is a variant of Israel. Interpretations include “he who strives with God” (Hebrew) and “God perseveres” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Izrael is a variant of Israel. An origin associated with Israel is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Old Czech Iz(d)ra(h)el, Isra(h)el, Jezrahel.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Izrael is a variant of Israel. The history of Israel gives this family its wider story. Israel appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Izrael through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,258
- 1,243 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 95 babies
- 2025
- 61
- #2,431 for boys · #15,861 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 56 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,431 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 676 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.
Izrael’s family of names
Izrael has a related form in Israel. In Polish usage, Izrael has a conventional equivalent in the English form Israel. In Polish usage, Izrael has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form ISRAELE.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Izrael has relatives in 9 languages.
7 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Izrael
- Izrael PoznańskiPolish businessman (1833–1900)
- Izrael Chaim WilnerJewish resistance fighter (1917-1943)
- Izrael Abraham StaffelPolish inventor, watchmaker (1814-1884)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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