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Ismail - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ismail

[ 2 syll. i-smai(l), is-ma-il ] The boy name Ismail is pronounced as IHSMeyL KEY. Ismail is used predominantly in Arabic and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Ismail is a form of the name Ishmael (English and Spanish).

Ismail is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is listed outside of the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Ismail include Ismael (English, German, and Spanish), Ishmael (English and Spanish), Ismeil (Arabic), Ysmael (Spanish), and Isamel (Spanish).

A famous person named Ismail is Ismail Haniya, Politician, born 1962.

KEY: English pronunciation for Ismail: IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


 
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