Ismet
Only about 68 men in Poland carry this name, so most people here have never met one. From Hebrew for "honor, purity," it also shows up as a Turkish name, and today it goes to almost no newborns.
Ismet Pronunciation
Ismet is pronounced EES-met (/ˈismɛt/).
What Ismet means
Where Ismet comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Ismet comes into Polish records with a Hebrew origin and a firmly Turkish life. In Turkey it belongs to men above all. Its best known bearer is İsmet İnönü, the second president of the Turkish Republic, who held office from 1938 to 1950. A child named Ismet today shares that page of history.
The meaning fixed to the name is honor and purity. The sense of purity was attached later, growing around the sound rather than sitting in the first root. Honor came to stand beside it. There are no diminutives here, no softened nursery form. Ismet stays whole.
On a Polish class register the name would sit among the Kacpers and Zuzannas, short and unhyphenated, easy to read at roll call. It asks nothing of the tongue. The origin is Hebrew, the association Turkish, and the meaning holds to honor and purity.
How many people are named Ismet
1 in 313915 men in Poland is named Ismet. 68 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4395 among male names.
Ismet as a middle name
Ismet is a first name for 68 men in Poland and a middle name for another 18, a 79/21 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2137th, between Isidro (18) and Jonah (18).
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#2135 Ionuţ18
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#2136 Isidro18
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#2137 Ismet18
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#2138 Jonah18
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#2139 Jorgos18