Isma'Eel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- is-ma-EL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Isma'Eel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God hears”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Isma'Eel mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Ismael; Spanish, Portuguese and French form of Ishmael
“God hears”
Meaning borrowed from Ismael.
Is Isma'Eel a girl's or a boy's name?
Isma'Eel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Isma'Eel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Isma'Eel, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2002, with 7 boys.
In 2025, 41 boys in the UK were given Isma'Eel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #766, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Ismael 38
- Isma'Eel 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Isma'Eel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
Names like Isma'Eel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Musa, Abdullah, Umar, Huzaifa, Mustafa, Fahad, Isaaq, Ahmed, Uzair
Other spellings of Isma'Eel
Names related to Isma'Eel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Isma'Eel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/isma'eel, updated 20 October 2026.