İsmai̇l
The Hebrew name behind it means "god will hear", carried into Polish use through Turkish and Arabic. Only 194 men in Poland hold it, so most Poles have never met one.
İsmai̇l Pronunciation
İsmai̇l is pronounced İSMAHİL (/i̇smai̇l/).
What İsmai̇l means
Where İsmai̇l comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name starts in Hebrew, as Yishma'el. It joins the verb yishma, "he will hear," to El, the word for God. The sense held: God will hear. In Genesis the name belongs to Abraham's first son by Hagar, and the account turns on a cry that reached heaven.
From Hebrew it moved into Arabic as Isma'il and into Turkish as İsmail, written with a dotted capital. Most people given this name in Poland carry one of those two forms. The Turkish İsmail has remained a common first name for men across many generations.
On a class register in a Polish school, İsmail might sit near Igor and Iwona, its opening letter marked unlike the rest. The mark is the dot above the Turkish capital I. Underneath the spelling the meaning holds plain: God will hear.
How many people are named İsmai̇l
1 in 110032 men in Poland is named İsmai̇l. 194 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2273 among male names.
İsmai̇l as a middle name
İsmai̇l is a first name for 194 men in Poland and a middle name for another 7, a 97/3 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3907th, between İslam (7) and Jacub (7).
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#3905 Issac7
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#3906 İslam7
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#3907 İsmai̇l7
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#3908 Jacub7
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#3909 Jahangir7