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♂ Israel
What does Israel mean?
Israel ▲ as a boys' name is pronounced IS-rah-el. It is of Hebrew origin. Possibly "God perseveres, contends". Biblical: when Jacob, son of Isaac, was in his nineties, God changed his name to Israel as a token of blessing. His 12 sons became the ancestors of the Israelite nation. Author Israel Shenker.
ENDS WITH -ael
Variations
VARIANT Yisrael
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Israel Elyas (I.E.), ..
How popular is Israel?
Israel is a very prominent first name for males (#399 out of 1220, Top 33%) and also a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#3476 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Israel reached its apex position of #202 in the U.S. in the year 2006, and is at #241 currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Similar Names
Israel▲ is pronounced similarly to Azrael, Azreel, Azriel and Azryel. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Aeriel, Airel, Airyel, Anael, Ardel, Arnel, Aryel, Asael, Asayel, Ashbel, Bertel, Burnel (see Burnell), Carel, Cornel, Dael, Darel, Dariel▲, Darrel▼, Derrel, Doriel, Dorrel, Farrel, Ferrel, Harel, Ira▼, Isaac▲, Isak, Isam, Isham, Ishmael, Isia, Isiah▼, Ismaal, Ismael▲, Ismail, Ismal, Ismat, Ismayl, Isme, Itiel, Izmail, Jael, Jarel, Jarrel, Jerel, Jerrel, Jorrel, Kael, Karel, Karmel, Kornel, Marcel▲, Markel, Martel, Merrel, Micael, Mikael, Moriel, Norvel, Nuriel, Orel, Oriel, Orrel, Poriel, Rafael▲, Sorel, Sorrel, Torkel, Tyrrel, Yael▲ and Ysmael. These names tend to be less commonly used than Israel.
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