Forename Ishmael

In the world, Ishmael (Ishmael , إسماعيل , ישמעאל ) is a common boy's first name. The first name Ishmael is characteristic of Sudan, where it is quite a common male name, Libya, and Ghana (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Sudan, and Ghana. Likewise, Ishmael is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Ishmael is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Ishmael

name Ishmaél, name Исмаил, name Ismaele, name Ишмаэль, name Исмаэль, name Ismaïl, name אסמאעיל, name Ismael, name Ισμαήλ, name اسماعيل, name ইসমাইল, name איסמעיל, name إسماعيل, name Įşmąęļ, name Ismaaciil, name אסמעל, name イスマイル, name Ishmaël, name ישמעאל, name Измаил, name Ишмаел, name Ishmaèl, name Ismail, name Исмоил, name איסמאעיל, name Ishmael

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Ishmael	South Africa, Kenya, United States, Ghana, Zimbabwe
إسماعيل	Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Saudi Arabia
ישמעאל	Israel
Ишмаэль	Russia

First names said to be same

Ishmaèl, Ishmaél, Ishmaël, Ismaaciil, Ismael, Ismaele, Ismail, Ismaïl, Įşmąęļ, Ισμαήλ, Измаил, Исмаил, Исмаэль, Исмоил, Ишмаел, איסמאעיל, איסמעיל, אסמאעיל, אסמעל, اسماعيل, ইসমাইল, and イスマイル

First name Ishmael in the context

Ishmael is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ishmael , the Hebrew Prophet of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Genesis 28; Ishmael , the fictional character from the novel Moby-Dick; Ishmael , the fictional character from the 2011 multiplayer first-person shooter video game Brink; Ishmael son of Nethaniah , the biblical character, Jeremiah and Ismael Ortega .

Notable namesakes

	ishmael ben abraham isaac ha-kohen (b. 1723)
	ishmael scott reed American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor and publisher, US (b. 1938)
	ishmael levenston Saban politician (1940-2019), NL (b. 1940)
	ishmael wadada leo smith American jazz trumpeter and composer, US (b. 1941)
	ishmael houston-jones American choreographer (b. 1951)
	ishmael flory American activist, US (b. 1907)
	ishmael mills le-maire Archbishop of West Africa and Bishop of Accra; Ghanaian Anglican bishop (b. 1912)
	ishmael kalsakau Vanuatuan politician, VU
	ishmael philemon ackon Ghanaian singer
	ishmael el-amin college basketball player (2018–2020) Ball State
	ishmael beah Sierra Leonean writer, SL (b. 1980)
	ishmael miller English association football player (born 1987), GB (b. 1987)
	ishmael bernal Filipino director, PH (b. 1938)
	ishmael noko Zimbabwean priest, ZA (b. 1943)
	ishmael mhaladi botswanan Olympic middle-distance runner (born 1948), BW (b. 1948)