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Israel

Pronounced /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əl/

Rank in 2024
#3,923
Born in 2024
38
Peak year
2018 · #2523
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:1,220 in 2024 (#279)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 38 girls were named Israel, about 1 in every 42,452.
  • It peaked in 2018 with 70 babies, ranked #2523.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1951.
  • 1,593 girls have been named Israel since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Israel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 84 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 231 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 597 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 676 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Middle English Israel, from Old English, borrowed from Latin Israel, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”). In the Bible, it is said to be from the name יִשְׂרֶה אֵל (yisré 'él) given to Jacob in Genesis 32:29, after which his descendants came to be known as Israelites and their land as the "kingdom/land of Israel".

  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Israel, CC BY-SA 4.0.