Ishmael name - Meaning of Ishmael

Ishmael name - Meaning of Ishmael

Gender

Masculine

Lucky Number

4

Usage

Biblical, Hebrew

Pronounced

ISH-may-əl (English) , ISH-mee-əl (English)

Ishmael Meaning

From the Hebrew name (Yishma'el) meaning "God will hear". In the Old Testament this is the name of a son of Abraham. He is the traditional ancestor of the Arabs. Herman Melville used this name for the narrator in his novel 'Moby-Dick' (1851). Ishmael is derived from the Hebrew name "Yishmael", itself derived from two Hebrew words - "shama", which means "to hear", and "el", which means "God or all powerful".

Ishmael Related Names
Variant:, Ismael, Ismail, Yishmael
Other Languages: Esmail, Ismail, Isma'il (Arabic), Ismael (Biblical Greek), Yishma'el (Biblical Hebrew), Ismahel (Biblical Latin), Ismo (Finnish), Esmail (Iranian), Ismael (Spanish), İsmail (Turkish), Ismail (Uyghur)

Ishmael Celebrities
Ishmael Reed - author,