Isael
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 76 babies a year in the US.
How Isael has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2024 | #942 |
| 2025 | #989 |
Isael by the numbers
Isael was given to 76 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 115 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Isael
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Isael. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Israelone who wrestles with God1,629 in the US (2017)
- IsmaelGod hears; form of Ishmael809 in the US (2017)
- Izaelgod is my strength; form of azrael35 in the US (2017)
- Isaache will laugh8,807 in the US (2017)
- Ismailgod will hear; a form of Ishmael200 in England and Wales (2025)
- IshmaelGod hears155 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Isael
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