The baby name Ismaaeel is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ɪsˈmaːiːl/ (is-MAH-eel).
The baby name Ismaaeel is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ɪsˈmaːiːl/ (is-MAH-eel).
Ismaaeel is Arabic, Hebrew in Origin.
Ismaaeel is a modern transliteration of the Arabic name Isma‘il, cognate with Hebrew Yishma’el, meaning "God will hear" or "God has heard." In the Bible and Qur’an, Ishmael/Isma‘il is the son of Abraham and Hagar, revered in Islam as a prophet linked to the rites of pilgrimage and the sacrifice narrative commemorated at Eid al-Adha.
The name has been in steady use from late antiquity through the present across the Middle East, North and West Africa, Central and South Asia, and the Balkans, borne by scholars and rulers such as Safavid Shah Ismail I and Egypt’s Khedive Isma‘il Pasha. Variant forms include Isma‘il, Isma'il, Ismail, Ismaeel, Ismaa’eel, Esma‘il (Persian), İsmail (Turkish), Ismaël (French), Ismael (Spanish/Portuguese), Ishmael (English), and Somali Ismaaciil. The spelling Ismaaeel highlights the long a and i of classical Arabic; many communities simplify it to Ismail in everyday Latin-script use.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | Boys | 0 | #79 | 1 | 3,375 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #365 | 5 | 8,477 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #695 | 3 | 13,071 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| United States | Boys | 2003 | #809 | 5 | 7,064 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #995 | 7 | 16,906 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,155 | 24 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,689 | 3 | 28,008 |
Ismaaeel is popular in 15 countries — most recent births per country:
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