Ismail (name)
Pronunciation | Arabic: [ˈʔɪsmaːˈʕiːl] Egyptian Arabic: [esmæˈʕiːl] Turkish: [ismaːˈil] Persian: [esmɒːˈʔiːl] |
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Gender | male |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Meaning | Heard by God |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Esmail |
Related names | Hebrew ישמעאל “Ishmael” |
Ismail (Arabic: إسماعيل or إسمٰعيل, ʼIsmāʻīl) is an Arabic given name. It corresponds to the English name Ishmael.
Etymology and meaning[edit]
The literal translation of the name Ismail is "heard by God" and according to Abrahamic tradition, it refers to the yearning of Abraham and his wife, Sarah, to have a child. Ismail's mother, however, was not Sarah, but Hagar, Sarah's maidservant, who Sarah gave to Abraham as a concubine because she was unable to have a child. Sarah later does give birth to a son, Isaac.
According to Genesis, the name is given by God as He heard the cries of Hagar who had been mistreated by Sarah after becoming pregnant and run away.
According to Islamic tradition, Ismail's mother, Hagar was also a full wife of the Prophet Abraham.
Given name[edit]
- Ismail, son of Ibrahim
- Ismail ibn Jafar, sixth imam in Ismaili Shia Islam
- Isma'il ibn Musa al-Hadi was an Abbasid prince, son of caliph Al-Hadi (r. 785–786). Nephew and son-in-law of caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809)
- Isma'il ibn Jaʽfar al-Mutawakkil, was an Abbasid prince, son of caliph Al-Mutawakkil (r. 847—861)
- Saint Ismael Orthodox Christian Saint
- Ignatius Ismail (r. 1333–1365/1366), Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Mardin
- Ismail I (1487–1524), the first king and founder of the Safavid dynasty
- Ismail II (r. 1576–1577) third King of Safavid State
- Ismaïl Aaneba (born 1999), French footballer
- Ismail Abdallah, Egyptian gymnast
- Ismail Abilov (born 1951), Bulgarian freestyle wrestler
- Ismail Sabri Abdullah (1924–2006), Egyptian economist and politician
- Ismail Abdul-Ganiyu (born 1996), Ghanaian footballer
- Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician; former deputy prime minister
- Ismail Abdul Razak (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer
- Ismail Abdullaiev, Ukrainian and Russian TV director
- Ismail Abdullatif (born 1986), Bahraini footballer
- Ismail Abu (born 1984), Malaysian field hockey player
- Ismail Abu Shanab (1950–2003), Hamas politician
- İsmail Acar (born 1971), Turkish painter
- Ismail Adham (1911–1940), Egyptian writer and literary critic
- Ismail Adil Shah (1498–1534), 2nd Sultan of Bijapur
- Ismail Ahmad (born 1956), Malaysian politician
- Ismail Ahmed, multiple people
- Ismail Ahmedov, 10th Multi of the Religious Council of the Caucasus
- Ismail Akbay (1930–2003), Turkish scientist
- Ismail Al-Ajmi (born 1984), Omani footballer
- Ismail Al-Amour (born 1984), Palestinian footballer
- Ismail Al Hammadi (born 1988), Emirati footballer
- Ismail Al-Karaghouli (born 1943), Iraqi wrestler
- Ismail Al-Sabiani (born 1989), Saudi Arabian sprinter
- Ismail Al-Zaabi (born 2001), Emirati association football player
- Ismail Ali Abakor, Somali Politician and Major General
- Ismail Amat (1935–2018), Chinese politician
- Ismail Amirkhizi, Iranian author and constitutional intellectual
- İsmail Arca (born 1948), Turkish footballer and manager
- Ismail as-Sadr, Lebanese Grand Ayatollah
- Ismail Faruqi Asha'ri (born 1986), Malaysian footballer
- Ismail Atalan (born 1980), German-Turkish football manager
- İsmail Ateş, Turkish artist and professor
- İsmail Ayaz (born 1995), Turkish footballer
- Ismail Ayob, South African lawyer
- Ismaïl Ayoune (born 1987), Moroccan cyclist
- Ismail Azzaoui (born 1998), Belgian footballer
- Ismail al-Armouti (died 2013), Jordanian politician
- Ismail al-Atrash (died 1869), Druze sheikh
- Ismail al-Azhari (1900–1969), president of Sudan
- Ismail al-Din, Egyptian politician
- Ismail al-Faruqi (1921–1986), Palestinian American Islamic scholar
- Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206), Muslim engineer and artist
- Ismail al-Khalidi al-Minangkabawi, Islamic scholar
- Ismail al-Zahir, 1st Dhulnunid Emir of Toledo Taifa
- Ismail Ba (born 1974), Senegalese former football midfielder
- Esmail Babolian, Iranian numerical analyst
- Ismail Balanga, South Sudanese football manager
- Ismail Balkhi (1918–1968), Afghan politician
- Ismail Bawa (born 1947), Ghanaian politician
- İsmail Baydil (born 1988), Turkish footballer
- İsmail Bayram (born 1954), Turkish weightlifter
- Isma'il Beg, Uyghur rebel leader
- Ismaïl Belkacemi, Algerian footballer
- Ismail Belmaalem (born 1988), Moroccan defender
- Ismaïl Benyamina (born 1983), Algerian footballer
- Ismail Berdiyev (born 1954), Russian Karachay-Cherkess mufti
- İsmail Beşikçi, Turkish scholar
- İsmail Bilen (1902–1983), Turkish politician
- Ismail Boçari (1917–2014), Albanian professor of medicine
- Ismail Bouneb (born 2006), French footballer
- İsmail Budak (born 1992), German footballer
- Ismail Bulatov (1902–1975), Soviet Crimean Tatar major general
- İsmail Çağlar Bayırcı, Turkish politician
- Ismail Cachalia, multiple people
- İsmail Cem (1940–2007), Turkish politician
- İsmail Cem Ulusoy, Turkish basketball player
- Ismail Changezi (1954–2019), Pakistani TV actor
- Ismail Chirine (1919–1994), Egyptian Royal diplomat
- İsmail Çipe (born 1995), Turkish association football player
- İsmail Çokçalış (born 2000), Turkish footballer
- Ismail Dahqani (born 1991), Qatari Irani footballer
- Ismail Damit, Bruneian politician and architect
- Ismail Darbar (born 1964), Indian composer
- Ismail Daut (1956–2022), Malaysian politician and lecturer
- Esmail Davarfar, Iranian actor
- Ismail Dawood (born 1976), English cricketer
- İsmail Demirci, Turkish actor
- İsmail Demiriz (born 1962), Turkish footballer and manager
- Ismail Diakhité (born 1991), Mauritanian footballer
- Ismail Dibirov (born 2004), Russian footballer
- Ismail Easa (born 1989), Maldivian footballer
- Ismail Ebrahim (1946–2020), South African cricketer
- Ismail Ediyev (born 1988), Russian footballer
- İsmail Ege Şaşmaz, Turkish actor
- Ismail El-Gawsaqi (1929–2009), Egyptian politician
- Ismail El Haddad, Moroccan footballer
- Ismail El Shafei (born 1947), Egyptian tennis player
- Ismail Elfath (born 1982), Moroccan-born American soccer referee
- İsmail Enver, Turkish military officer
- İsmail Erez (1919–1975), Turkish diplomat
- Ismail Ergashev (1945–2018), Uzbek general
- İsmail Ertekin (born 1959), Turkish footballer
- Ismail Ertug (born 1975), German politician
- İsmail Fenni Ertuğrul, Turkish politician
- Ismail Essam, Egyptian archer
- Ismail el Abassi (born 1983), Dutch politician
- Ismail Fahd Ismail (1940–2018), Kuwaiti novelist, short story writer and literary critic
- Ismail Fahmi (1922–1997), Egyptian diplomat
- İsmail Faikoğlu, Turkish wrestler
- Ismail Fazıl Pasha (1856–1921), Turkish politician
- Ismail Feyzullabeyli (1925–2008), Azerbaijani writer
- İsmail Firdevs (1888–1937), Crimean Tatar Bolshevik revolutionary
- İsmail Güldüren, Turkish footballer
- Ismail Al Hammadi, Emirati footballer
- Ismail Haniyeh, Palestinian politician
- Ismail Hoxha, Albanian politician Professor Ph.D University " La Sapienza" Rome
- Isma'il ibn Jafar, Imam of Ismaili Shia's
- Ismail Kadare (born 1936), Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright
- İsmail Kartal, Turkish footballer
- İsmail Keleş (born 1988), Turkish sport shooter
- Ismail Khan, 16th-century Bengali nobleman
- İsmail Köybaşı, Turkish footballer
- Esmail Koushan, Iranian film director
- Ismail Marzuki, Indonesian composer, songwriter, and musician
- Ismail Matar (born 1983), Emirati footballer
- Esmail Merat, Iranian politician
- Ismail ibn Musa Menk (born 1975), Zimbabwean Islamic scholar
- Ismail Qasim Naji, Somali politician
- İsmail Nezir (born 2003), Turkish hurdler and sprinter
- İsmail Ogan, Turkish sport wrestler
- İsmail Özdağlar (born 1950), Turkish politician and former government minister
- Isma'il Pasha (1830–1895), Wali and khedive of Egypt
- Ismail Patel, British optician
- Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Malaysian politician who served as the ninth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2021 to 2022
- Ismail Samani, Amir of the Samanids
- Ismail Ibn Sharif, Moroccan sultan
- Esmail Shooshtari, Iranian politician
- Ismail Siddiq (1830–1876), Egyptian politician
- Ismail Tiliwaldi, Chinese politician
- Ismail Tipi (1959–2013), Turkish-born German journalist and politician
- İsmail Türüt, Turkish singer
- Ismail Asif Waheed (born 1968), Maldivian sprinter
- Ismail Qemali, distinguished leader of the Albanian national movement
- Esmail Zanjani, American academic
- Ismail ibn Musa Menk, Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe
Middle name[edit]
- Ahmad ibn Isma'il ibn Ali al-Hashimi was provincial governor who was active in the late eighth century.
- Ahmad Ismail Ali (1917–1974), Egyptian army officer
- Ammar Ismail Yahia Ibrahim (born 1996), Qatari sprinter
Surname or patronymic[edit]
- Abu Isma'il ibn Harun, was the son of Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid
- Adel Ismail (historian) (1928–2010), Lebanese diplomat and historian
- Ahmed Abu Ismail (1915–2013), Egyptian economist and politician
- Abdul Fattah Ismail (1934-1986), Yemeni politician
- Atik Ismail (born 1957), Finnish footballer
- Dhurgham Ismail, Iraqi football player
- Gulalai Ismail, Pashtun women's rights activist
- Hamid Ismail, Qatari footballer
- Hesham Ismail, American football player
- Mahmoud Ismail (1914–1983), Egyptian actor, filmmaker
- Mohammed Ismail, Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee
- Mourad Ismail, Egyptian Mathematician
- Mustafa Ismail, Egyptian Qur'an reciter
- Mustafa Osman Ismail, Sudanese politician
- Nabawi Ismail, Egyptian politician
- Ibrahim Artan Ismail Somali politician, former Minister of Security of Puntland
- Qadry Ismail, an NCAA and NFL football player
- Raghib "Rocket" Ismail, an NCAA and NFL football player
- Rami Ismail, Dutch game developer
- Salma Ismail (1918–2014), Malaysian doctor
- Sam Esmail, Egyptian-American screenwriter
- Sariamin Ismail, Indonesian novelist
- Shabnim Ismail (born 1988), South African cricketer
- Shaker Ismail, Iraqi football player
- Sherif Ismail (1955–2023), Egyptian engineer and politician
- Sulaiman Ismail, an Arena Football League player
- Taufiq Ismail, Indonesian poet and activist
- Usmar Ismail, director and pioneer of Indonesian film