Israel Forename
1,257th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 753,058 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico
Israel Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘ruling with the Lord’. Jacob was called Israel after his wrestling with the Lord, and thereafter the name was applied to the whole Jewish people. It has continued to be used as a personal name among the Jews, but seems not to have been used by Christians until the Reformation.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 206,305 | 1:602 | 121 |
| Brazil | 100% | 113,163 | 1:1,893 | 297 |
| United States | 100% | 51,456 | 1:7,046 | 878 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 47,829 | 1:3,712 | 658 |
| Colombia | 100% | 31,130 | 1:1,535 | 231 |
| Cuba | - | 29,271 | 1:393 | 100 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 23,408 | 1:688 | 148 |
| Spain | 100% | 20,454 | 1:2,275 | 304 |
| Philippines | 99% | 15,329 | 1:6,916 | 1,056 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 14,942 | 1:3,533 | 625 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 11,908 | 1:6,200 | 739 |
| Ghana | 100% | 11,462 | 1:2,354 | 379 |
| South Africa | 99% | 11,234 | 1:4,854 | 913 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 10,865 | 1:8,979 | 1,358 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 10,669 | 1:333 | 71 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 9,581 | 1:3,152 | 453 |
| El Salvador | - | 8,300 | 1:764 | 132 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 7,853 | 1:1,964 | 363 |
| Peru | 100% | 7,573 | 1:4,198 | 663 |
| Mozambique | - | 7,200 | 1:3,784 | 759 |
| Chile | 99% | 7,157 | 1:2,460 | 340 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 7,063 | 1:4,619 | 650 |
| Angola | 100% | 6,883 | 1:3,918 | 644 |
| Uganda | 99% | 6,537 | 1:6,265 | 728 |
| Ecuador | - | 6,153 | 1:2,881 | 418 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 5,609 | 1:1,890 | 417 |
| Honduras | 100% | 4,770 | 1:1,849 | 319 |
| India | 100% | 4,697 | 1:258,650 | 25,085 |
| Rwanda | - | 4,593 | 1:2,476 | 533 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4,380 | 1:2,382 | 384 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3,430 | 1:1,755 | 345 |
| Namibia | - | 3,173 | 1:758 | 154 |
| Panama | 100% | 3,159 | 1:1,237 | 235 |
| Haiti | 100% | 3,058 | 1:3,508 | 525 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3,000 | 1:14,258 | 792 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2,316 | 1:19,994 | 1,957 |
| Malawi | 100% | 2,158 | 1:7,930 | 960 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2,008 | 1:2,374 | 407 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,983 | 1:19,066 | 1,940 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 1,312 | 1:6,214 | 648 |
| Zambia | - | 1,262 | 1:12,563 | 1,276 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,236 | 1:11,002 | 1,722 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,082 | 1:30,622 | 2,422 |
| England | 100% | 1,021 | 1:54,459 | 2,508 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,012 | 1:254,905 | 23,193 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 991 | 1:31,092 | 3,837 |
| Botswana | 100% | 971 | 1:2,250 | 393 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 961 | 1:22,488 | 1,914 |
| Togo | - | 907 | 1:7,982 | 1,208 |
| Jamaica | - | 894 | 1:3,225 | 621 |
| Iraq | 100% | 806 | 1:43,446 | 1,623 |
| Poland | 100% | 801 | 1:47,475 | 1,298 |
| Benin | 100% | 665 | 1:15,904 | 1,849 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 642 | 1:5,339 | 514 |
| Portugal | - | 563 | 1:18,492 | 912 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 455 | 1:15,905 | 1,173 |
| Belize | 100% | 396 | 1:895 | 174 |
| Australia | - | 379 | 1:36,036 | 1,970 |
| Swaziland | - | 282 | 1:4,611 | 838 |
| Mali | 100% | 276 | 1:61,514 | 3,059 |
| Congo | 95% | 252 | 1:19,878 | 2,071 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 231 | 1:5,894 | 991 |
| Gabon | 100% | 200 | 1:9,417 | 1,573 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 195 | 1:118,338 | 6,886 |
| Germany | 99% | 193 | 1:500,922 | 5,290 |
| Thailand | 98% | 192 | 1:364,926 | 19,180 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| Liberia | 97% | 164 | 1:26,903 | 1,704 |
| France | 100% | 156 | 1:426,092 | 4,977 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 146 | 1:3,979 | 547 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 140 | 1:1,388,269 | 21,789 |
| Egypt | - | 130 | 1:706,930 | 15,746 |
| New Zealand | - | 120 | 1:37,800 | 2,305 |
| Mauritius | - | 116 | 1:11,188 | 1,381 |
| Dominica | - | 112 | 1:674 | 145 |
| Belgium | 100% | 111 | 1:103,514 | 3,518 |
| Sweden | 96% | 90 | 1:109,532 | 4,582 |
| Armenia | 100% | 88 | 1:33,168 | 1,510 |
| Burkina Faso | 94% | 88 | 1:208,858 | 9,203 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 68 | 1:30,000 | 3,489 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 65 | 1:260,032 | 8,683 |
| China | - | 59 | 1:23,153,488 | 60,571 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 57 | 1:144,096 | 3,864 |
| Russia | 92% | 53 | 1:2,721,391 | 16,427 |
| Cape Verde | - | 51 | 1:10,376 | 1,064 |
| Austria | 100% | 49 | 1:173,759 | 2,800 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| Bahamas | - | 48 | 1:8,320 | 1,070 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Italy | 100% | 37 | 1:1,650,327 | 12,248 |
| Singapore | 100% | 32 | 1:196,470 | 8,457 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 31 | 1:3,599 | 673 |
| Turkey | 100% | 29 | 1:2,682,818 | 16,510 |
| Israel | 88% | 26 | 1:323,189 | 7,892 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 26 | 1:1,171,152 | 39,513 |
| Ireland | 100% | 25 | 1:185,741 | 3,671 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| Estonia | 100% | 20 | 1:65,769 | 3,350 |
| Guyana | 100% | 20 | 1:38,163 | 3,889 |
| Norway | 100% | 19 | 1:270,123 | 6,107 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 18 | 1:9,879 | 1,352 |
| Grenada | 100% | 17 | 1:6,360 | 976 |
| Scotland | 100% | 17 | 1:314,727 | 4,715 |
| Senegal | 100% | 16 | 1:911,335 | 8,896 |
| South Korea | 50% | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Japan | - | 13 | 1:9,845,081 | 34,731 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 13 | 1:432,890 | 5,953 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,980,807 | 51,381 |
| Denmark | - | 9 | 1:627,722 | 8,968 |
| Czechia | 100% | 8 | 1:1,332,020 | 3,968 |
| Finland | 100% | 8 | 1:685,398 | 7,121 |
| Georgia | 100% | 8 | 1:467,308 | 8,891 |
| Bulgaria | - | 7 | 1:998,627 | 10,919 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 7 | 1:27,428 | 2,105 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Hong Kong | - | 6 | 1:1,292,121 | 6,806 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Niger | 100% | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:159,066 | 2,607 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Wales | 100% | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Israèl (798), Israél (3), Israêl (3) & Ísrael (1) are calculated separately.
Israel (114,805) may also be a surname.
Israel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘ruling with the Lord’. Jacob was called Israel after his wrestling with the Lord, and thereafter the name was applied to the whole Jewish people. It has continued to be used as a personal name among the Jews, but seems not to have been used by Christians until the Reformation. It is found among 17th-C Puritans, and continued in use, mainly among the working classes, until the end of the 19th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hebrew (masculine) - Who sees God.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Is'-ra-el, a prince with God, prevailing with God. The name which the Angel gave to Jacob at Mahanaim, after having wrestled with him all night Gen. xxxii. 1, 2, 28 30; Hosea xii. 4.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: he shall be prince of God.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Soldier of God.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Israel Forename Popularity
Israel Demographics
Average Male Israel Height
172.24 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 3,736 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Israel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Israel in the Russian language | ||
| Исраэль | israel | - |
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