Ishmael
Ishmael is a given name of Hebrew origin, from Yishma’el, meaning “God will hear” or “God listens.” In English and many other languages, it is rendered as Ishmael, Ismael, or Ismail, with Arabic variants such as Ismail.
In the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, Ishmael is the first son of Abraham and
In Islamic tradition, Isma’il (Ishmael) is regarded as a prophet and the son of Abraham. He is
In literature, Ishmael appears as a central figure in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick (1851) as the named narrator
Today, Ishmael remains a common given name across cultures, with variants such as Ismael and Ismail, reflecting