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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
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 This decree was revoked by the allies in 1945.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.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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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 |