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Gender Masculine
Scripts إسماعيل(Arabic) اسماعیل(Urdu) ইসমাইল(Bengali) ئىسمائىل(Uyghur Arabic) Ысмайыл(Kazakh) Исмаил(Kyrgyz, Chechen) ИсмагӀил(Avar) އިސްމާއިލް(Dhivehi)
Pronounced Pron. /ʔis.maː.ˈʕiːl/(Arabic) /is.ˈma.il/(Malay, Indonesian)

Meaning & History

Arabic form of Ishmael, also used in several other languages. According to the Quran and Islamic tradition Ismail was a prophet and the founder of the Arab people.