Name: Israel
Gender: Male
Usage: Israel, of hebrew origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Israel are in general originating from France, Israel, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Israel across the world, see Yisrael.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Israel is: God wrestler, Prince of god.
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Numerology of the first name Israel: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: individualistic, determined, pioneering, bold, athletic, independent, active, self-confident.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Determined
Ruling planet: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Gold
Gemstones: Topaz, Amber
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The name Israel is ranked on the 1,360th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 345400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.005% of the population. The name Israel has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Israel for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Israel is a Biblical given name. The patriarch Jacob was given the name Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, Standard Yisraʾel Tiberian Yiśrāʾēl; "Triumphant with God", "who prevails with God") after he wrestled with the angel (Genesis 32:28 and 35:10) The name already occurs in Eblaite and Ugaritic texts as a common name. Commentators differ on the original literal meaning. Some say the name comes from the verb śarar ("to rule, be strong, have authority over"), thereby making the name mean "God rules" or "God judges". Other possible meanings include "the prince of God" (from the King James Version) or "El fights/struggles". "The Jewish Study Bible" of Oxford University Press says on page 68 "The scientific etymology of Israel is uncertain, a good guess being '[The God] El rules.'" Jacob's descendants came to be known as the Israelites, eventually forming the tribes of Israel and ultimately the kingdom of Israel, whence came the name of modern day Israel.
In Israel, the name "Israel Israeli" is sometimes used to mean someone whose name is unknown or unspecified.
Israel was a common name among Assyrians till recent times. A famous Assyrian author is the Chaldean bishop Israel Audo, famous for authoring a book about the Assyrian Genocide.
Biblical: the byname (meaning ‘he who strives with God’ in Hebrew) given to Jacob after he had wrestled with an angel: ‘Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed’ (Genesis 32: 28). The name was later applied to his descendants, the Children of Israel, and was chosen as the name of the modern Jewish state. The given name was used by the Puritans in the 17th century, but is now once again almost exclusively a Jewish name.
Derivatives: Yiddish: Sroel, Iser, Issur.
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