Ismael

Where Ismael comes from

Ismael hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1903
    First appearance
    #1,130 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1971
    Ismael Urzaiz born
    Spanish association football player
  3. 2001
    Ismael Saibari born
    Moroccan footballer
  4. 2024
    Peak, #234
    1,535 babies named Ismael — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Ismael Saibari · Moroccan footballer, born 2001
  • Ismael Urzaiz · Spanish association football player, born 1971
  • Ismael Díaz · Panamanian footballer, born 1997
  • Ismael Fuentes · Chilean association football player, born 1981
  • Ismael Borrero · Cuban amateur wrestler, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.