Israel



Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
494 famous people named Israel found on Wikipedia.
61080 male, 1252 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 241-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 202-th in year 2006
Used in: Biblical, English

Meanings

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 an "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 State of 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 Chaldeans till recent times. A famous Chaldean author is Bishop Israel Audo, famous for authoring a book about the Chaldean Genocide.
In Nazi Germany, male Jews who did not have "typically Jewish" given names were forced to add "Israel" as of January 1939. This decree was revoked by the allies in 1945.


Old English Israel, "the Jewish people, the Hebrew nation," from Latin Israel, from Greek, from Hebrew yisra'el "he that striveth with God" (Genesis xxxii.28), symbolic proper name conferred on Jacob and extended to his descendants, from sara "he fought, contended" + El "God." As the name of an independent Jewish state in the Middle East, it is attested from 1948. Compare Israeli, Israelite.


God contended.

Famous People: 494 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Israel Kamakawiwoʻole Pisculichi 1959 Hawaiian musician
2 Israel Houghton 1971 Worship leader
3 Israel Keyes 1978 American criminal (1978-2012)
4 Israel Folau 1989 Sportsman
5 Israel Broussard 1994 American actor
6 Israel Hands 1701 18th-century pirate
7 Israel Putnam 1718 American Revolutionary War general
8 Israel Dagg 1988 New Zealand rugby union player
9 Israel Gutierrez 1974 American journalist
10 Israel Englander 1948 American hedge fund manager
11 Dick Israel 1959 Filipino actor
12 Israel Horovitz 1939 American writer
13 Israel Regardie 1907 Author and Occultist
14 Israel Gelfand 1913 Soviet mathematician
15 Israel Nash 1981 American singer-songwriter and singer
16 Israel Idonije 1980 Nigerian-born Canadian player of American and Canadian football
17 Israel Novaes 1990 Brazilian composer and vocalist
18 Israel Zangwill 1864 British writer
19 Israel the Grammarian 0895
20 Al Israel 1935 Actor
21 Israel Elejalde 1973
22 Israel Finkelstein 1949 Israeli archaeologist
23 Jehoram of Israel King of Ancient Israel
24 Israel Shamir 1947 Writer, journalist
25 Israel Shahak 1933 Israeli academic
26 Israel Contreras 1960 Venezuelan boxer
27 Jonathan Israel 1946 British historian
28 Israel Kirzner 1930 American economist
29 Neal Israel 1956 Actor, screenwriter, film and television producer, film and television director
30 Lee Israel 1939 American forger
31 Menasseh Ben Israel 1604 Portuguese rabbi, kabbalist, scholar, writer, diplomat, printer and publisher
32 Israel Elver Galarga Jiménez "Pilotito" 1989 Mexican footballer
33 Israel Tal 1924 Israeli general
34 Ahaziah of Israel
35 Israel Vázquez 1977 Mexican boxer
36 Israel Castro 1980 Mexican footballer
37 Yisrael Meir Kagan 1838 Polish rabbi
38 Israel Bissell 1752 American patriot post rider
39 Marvin Israel 1924 American artist
40 Baasha
41 Israel Zolli 1881 Chief rabbi of Rome, Italy, during World War II; later converted to Catholicism
42 Jehoash of Israel King 801 BC – 786 BC
43 Israel Adesanya 1989
44 Israel Epstein 1915 Chinese politician
45 Nadab of Israel
46 Mauricio Israel 1961
47 Elizabeth Israel 1875 Dominica centenarian
48 Werner Israel 1931 Canadian physicist
49 Zechariah of Israel
50 Israel Sieff, Baron Sieff 1889 English businessman
51 Jehoahaz of Israel King 815 BC – 801 BC
52 Israel Joshua Singer 1893 Polish American Yiddish novelist and translator
53 Israel Halperin 1911 Canadian mathematician
54 Israel Gutman 1923 Israel historian, survivor of the Holocaust
55 Israel B. Richardson 1815 Union Army general
56 Shallum of Israel
57 Giorgio Israel 1945
58 Israel Tsvaygenbaum 1961 American artist
59 Israel Eldad 1910 Israeli philosopher
60 Wilfrid B. Israel 1899 Businessman and philanthropist, active in rescuing Jews from Nazi Germany
61 Harold Israel 1903 American defendant wrongly accused of murder
62 Israel Olutodun Ransome-Kuti 1891 Nigerian educationist and clergyman
63 Rubén Israel 1955 Association football coach
64 Israel Singer 1942 American Jewish activist
65 Israel Pickens 1780 American politician
66 Israel Puerto 1993 Spanish footballer
67 Israel Lipski 1865 British murderer
68 Israel Nathan Herstein 1923 American mathematician
69 Israel Greene 1824 American military officer
70 Israel A. Smith 1876 Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
71 Israel Crosby 1919 American musician
72 Rouven David Israel 1994 German film actor
73 Israel Cruz 1983 Australian musician
74 Israel Rokach 1886 Israeli politician
75 Israel Brodie 1895 British chief rabbi
76 Israel Jaitovich 1969 Mexican actor
77 Israel Friedman of Ruzhyn 1796 Rabbi
78 Israel Oliver Peña 1987 Swimmer from Spain
79 Steve Israel 1969 American football player
80 Israel Gutiérrez 1993 Mexican basketball player
81 Jeremías Israel 1981 Chilean motorcycle racer
82 Israel Hernandez American presidential advisor
83 Israel López 1974 Mexican footballer
84 Israel Charny 1931 Israeli historian
85 Israel Jacobson 1768 German rabbi
86 Israel Pellew 1758 English naval officer
87 Shel Israel 1944 American writer
88 Sam Israel 1899 American businessman
89 Israel Ori 1659 Armenian noble
90 Víctor Israel 1929 Spanish actor
91 Israel Scheffler 1923 American philosopher
92 Israel Albert Horowitz 1907 American chess player
93 David Israel 1951 American sportswriter
94 Israel Ludlow 1765 American surveyor
95 Israel Klabin 1926
96 Israel Smith 1759 American politician
97 Israel Galván 1973 Spanish dancer
98 Padim Israel 1956 Filipino basketball player
99 Israel Damonte 1982 Argentine footballer
100 Israel Fisanovich 1914 Russian military officer
101 David M. Israel American television producer
102 Israel Abrahams 1858 Scholar
103 Israel Beer 1912 Spy
104 Israel Jefferson
105 Israel Eliab 1991 Papua New Guinean rugby league player
106 Israel Pliner 1896 Soviet secret police
107 Israel Isserlein 1390 European rabbi
108 Israel Tonge 1621 English theologian
109 Israel Schwartz
110 Israel Beachy Guitarist
111 Israel Shreve 1739 Continental Army officer
112 Israel Cavazos Garza 1923 Mexican historian and writer
113 Israel Yinon 1956 Israeli conductor
114 Israel Coll 1993 Argentine footballer
115 Israel Gollancz 1863 British philologist and university teacher (1863-1930)
116 Israel Martínez 1981 Mexican footballer
117 Israel Belkind 1861 Russian historian
118 Israel Knohl Israeli historian
119 Israel Horowitz 1916 Record producer and classical music columnist
120 Israel Aharoni 1882 Zoologist
121 Joseph Israel 1780 United States naval officer
122 Israel Silvestre 1621 French artist
123 Israel Zilber 1933 Chess player
124 Israel Militosyan 1968 Weightlifter
125 Israel Baker 1919 American jazz musician and violinist
126 Israel S. Dresner American reformed rabbbi
127 Celia Israel American politician
128 Israel Friedlander 1876 American rabbi and academic
129 Israel Gohberg 1928 Russian mathematician
130 Israel ben Moses Najara 1555 Ottoman rabbi
131 Israel Luna 1972
132 Alex Israel 1982 American painter
133 Israel Russell 1852 American geologist
134 Israel Goldstein 1896 American rabbi
135 Dan Israel American singer-songwriter
136 Israel Lipschitz 1782 German rabbi
137 James Israel 1848 German surgeon
138 Israel Ruiz 1971
139 Loren Israel American record producer
140 Israel 1987 Spanish footballer
141 Israel of Axum 0600 Politician
142 Israel Amter 1881 Marxist politician and founding member of the Communist Party USA
143 Israel Hanukoglu 1952 Israeli biochemist
144 Israel O'Quinn 1980 Virginia politician
145 Israel Carmi 1917 Israeli soldier
146 Quentin Israel 1934 Sri Lankan rugby union player
147 Israel Sesay 1990 American soccer player
148 Israel Moore Foster 1873 American politician
149 Israel Castro Franco 1975 Salvadoran footballer
150 Israel Jacob Kligler 1888 Microbiologist
151 Agathe Israel 1949 German psychotherapist and author
152 Edward Israel 1859 Astronomer and Polar explorer
153 Israel Silva Matos de Souza 1981 Brazilian footballer
154 Israel Romero 1954 Colombian musician
155 Israel Aduramo 1968 British actor
156 Israel C. White 1848 American geologist
157 Israel Sarug 1600
158 Israel Abramofsky 1888 American artist
159 Margaret Ponce Israel 1929 American painter
160 Israel Garcia 1970 Puerto Rican boxer
161 Israel Lyons 1739 English mathematician and botanist
162 Israel Centeno 1958
163 Israel Shochat 1886 Israeli politician
164 Israel Raybon 1973 American football player
165 Märt Israel 1983 Estonian discus thrower
166 Israel Hershberg 1948 Austrian-born Israeli artist
167 Israel Barlow 1806 American Mormon leader
168 Israel Rosenberg 1850 Yiddish theatre performer
169 Martin Israel 1927 British pathologist
170 Israel Roa 1909
171 Israel Leplevsky 1896 Soviet politician
172 Israel Alter 1901 Austrian-Hungarian Jewish cantor and composer, regarded as "the one Chasanim, the cantor of the cantors"
173 Israel Dostrovsky 1918 Israeli scientist
174 Israel Michael Sigal 1945 Mathematician
175 Israel Ifeanyi 1970 American football player from Nigeria
176 Israel Ruong 1903 Swedish politician
177 Israel Bruna 1400 Czech rabbi
178 Israel Yitzhak Kalish 1779
179 Israel Tanenbaum Puerto Rican musician
180 Israel Polack 1909 Businessman
181 Israel Bartal 1946 Avraham Harman Chair of Jewish history at Hebrew University
182 Israel Thorndike 1755 American businessman
183 Fabián Villaseñor 1982 Mexican footballer
184 Israel Acrelius 1714 Swedish missionary and clergyman
185 Israel Hicks 1943 American theatre director
186 Israel Byrd 1971 Former professional American football cornerback
187 George Israel 1949 American politician
188 Israel Tapoohi 1946 Israeli businessman
189 Israel F. Fischer 1858 U.S. Representative from New York and a Judge for the United States Customs Court.
190 Jared Israel 1944 American journalist
191 Paul Israel 1969 Australian rugby league player
192 Israel Dov Frumkin 1850 Israeli newspaper editor
193 Israel Weiss 1949 Israeli Army general and rabbi
194 Kyle Israel 1985 American football player
195 Israel Pedrosa 1926 Brazilian painter
196 Israel Stoughton 1603 American colonial
197 Israel Rodríguez 1981 Spanish volleyball player
198 Israel Salazar 1990 Brazilian singer-songwriter
199 Israel Hernández 1970 Judoka
200 Israel Kleiner 1885 American biochemist