Israël

Meaning and origin of Israël

Popularity of Israël in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2023.
• Over recent years, Israël has been stable (+3.1% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Israël every 96 schools.

Israël in English-speaking countries

Israël ranks 269^th in United States and 270^th in New Zealand, against 1,663^rd in France.

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  270^th boys’ name52 babies in 3 years1 boy in 947

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  269^th boys’ name3,844 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,338−3.4% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  717^th boys’ name45 babies in 3 years1 boy in 3,777

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  753^rd boys’ name136 babies in 3 years1 boy in 6,076−6.4% a year

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Israël and Israel are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Israel35

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Israël

• Izayah
• Ilias
• Isaya
• Yakoub
• Yossef
• Yaniss
• Eliane
• Eliah
• Giani
• Zakary
• Joakim
• Ephraïm

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin