Isreal
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning God strives; variant spelling of Israel.
Babies a year
56
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Isreal by the numbers
Isreal was given to 56 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 121 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Israel
Like Isreal, each of these traces back to Israel: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Yisroelhe who struggles with God; Yiddish form of Israel202 in the US (2017)
- IzraelGod contends; variant of Israel72 in the US (2017)
- YisraelGod contends; form of Israel61 in the US (2017)
- Israellagod contends; feminine form of Israel18 in the US (2017)
- Ysraelgod struggles; a form of Israel9 in the US (2017)
- Israelaone who wrestles with god; feminine form of Israel5 in the US (2017)
- Israelleone who wrestles with god; a form of Israel5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Isreal. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Isreal, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Isreal
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