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Israel Names for Boys

There are 28 Israel names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Israel names 1 to 20. Jacob was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian, and it was followed in popularity by the English, French, and German Joseph, the Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish David, the English, French, and German Benjamin, the English and German Jordan, the English and Hebrew Asher, Israel, the English Ezekiel, and lastly the English name, Jair. The unusual Israel names are Absalom (Hebrew), Ahab (English), Amos (English, German, and Hebrew), Dan (German, English, and Romanian), Ehud (Hebrew), Ephraim (English, German, and Hebrew), Gad (English and German), Irving (English and Scottish), Isachar (German), Jephthah (English and German), and Joash (English).

Israel names are very popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1930s up to the 1950s. At the height of their usage in 1955, 5.967% of baby boys were given Israel names. There were 13 Israel names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Israel names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 15 Israel names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.196%. Within all Israel names, the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian Jacob was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 1.0355%.

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NAME MATCH:

Israel Popularity Trend of Israel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 210 210 he who struggles with ... boy name Israel is pronounced as IHZRiyahL or ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Absalom God the Father is peace ... son of King David of Israel; he revolted against ...

Ahab uncle ... of Jezebel, a king of Israel in the Old Testament ...

Amos Popularity Trend of Amos
from 1900 to 2008. borne by God; bearer ... of Judah and Israel, were collected in the ...

Asher Popularity Trend of Asher
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 206 206 happy, blessed; ash ... of the twelve tribes of Israel ...

Benjamin Popularity Trend of Benjamin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 25 25 son of the south, son ... of the twelve tribes of Israel under his name ...

Dan Popularity Trend of Dan
from 1900 to 2008. judge; God is my judge, ... of the twelve tribes of Israel named after him ...

David Popularity Trend of David
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 14 14 beloved, favorite, darling, friend ... of the kings of Israel ...

Ehud united ... and brought peace to Israel for many years. ...

Ephraim Popularity Trend of Ephraim
from 1900 to 2008. fruitful ... one of the 12 tribes of Israel named after him ...

Ezekiel Popularity Trend of Ezekiel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 241 241 God strengthens ... the restoration of Israel to the Jews during his ...

GadAlso used by the twelve tribes of Israel. ...

Irving Popularity Trend of Irving
from 1900 to 2008. green river ... lyricist Irving Berlin (Israel Baline, 1888-1989), one ...

IsacharAlso used by the twelve tribes of Israel. ...

Jacob Popularity Trend of Jacob
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 1 1 Yahweh may protect; ... the twelve tribes of Israel ...

Jair Popularity Trend of Jair
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 852 852 he enlightens ... the Bible by a judge of Israel for twenty-two years ...

Jephthah God opens ... the Bible by a judge of Israel who was sworn under ...

Joash fire of Yahweh ... of Judah, a king of Israel, and six other ...

Jordan Popularity Trend of Jordan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 48 48 flowing down ... sacred River Jordan in Israel where Jesus was ...

Joseph Popularity Trend of Joseph
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 13 13 Yahweh will add (another ... of the twelve tribes of Israel was named; he was sold ...


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