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Meaning

The name Israel has the following meaning:

God perseveres.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Israel is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 229 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Israel fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 1 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 211 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Israel in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Israel is pronounced as is-rah-ell

Origins

Israel originates from the Hebrew language.
See other suggested Hebrew boy baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Israel and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Israel: Boys - Adam, Alpheus, Carmine, Danyele, Deror, Eben, Ebenezer, Ezra, Hiram, Jamin, Jared, Malachi, Meyer, Naftali, Nathan, Nehemiah, Nili, Nimrod, Omarion, Samuel, Girls - Leva, Rella, Selah, Tamya, Both genders - Dagan, Elsie, Micah

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Israel: Israelea, Israelee, Israeleigh, Israeley, Israeli (Hebrew), Israelie, Israely, Isreal, Izrael, Izreal, Yisrael

Style

We think the name Israel should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Israel to be: Talented, handsome and sexy gentleman

In one word, you might describe Israel as a(n) "talented" person.

See other "talented" names for boys.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Israel (or its variants) are:

Israel Putnam, born on 7 January, a famous military. Israel Putnam's background: An American army general who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).

Israel Zangwill, born on 21 January, a famous author. Israel Zangwill's background: An English-born humourist and writer.

Israel Horovitz, born on 31 March, a famous playwriter. Israel Horovitz's background: An American playwright and screenwriter.
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