Gender Masculine
Scripts اسماعیل(Persian) إسماعيل(Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. /ʔes.mɒː.ˈʔiːl/(Persian) /ʔis.maː.ˈʕiːl/(Arabic)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Usual Persian form of Ishmael, as well as an alternate Arabic transcription. This was the name of the founder of the Safavid Empire in Iran in the early 16th century.

Related Names

Rootsshamaʿ + ʾel
VariantsEsmaeel, Esmaeil(Persian) Ismaeel, Isma'il, Ismail(Arabic)
Other Languages & CulturesIsmail(Albanian) Ismail(Avar) İsmayıl(Azerbaijani) Ismail(Bengali) Ishmael(Biblical) Ismael(Biblical Greek) Yishma'el(Biblical Hebrew) Ismahel(Biblical Latin) Ismail(Chechen) Ismail(Dhivehi) Ismo(Finnish) Ismaël(French) Ismail(Indonesian) Ismaele(Italian) Ismail(Kazakh) Ismail(Kyrgyz) Ismail(Malay) Ismael(Portuguese) Ismael(Spanish) Ismoil(Tajik) İsmail(Turkish) Ismail(Urdu) Ismail(Uyghur) Ismoil(Uzbek)
Entry updated October 6, 2024