"Form of Ishmael"
The name Ishmeal is commonly a male name from the "Hebrew" origin.
Ishmeal is a respelling of Ishmael, the English form of the Hebrew name Yishmael, built from the root shama, meaning to hear, and El, meaning God. The only difference from the standard English spelling is the transposition of the a and the e. The spelling is recorded in United States birth records from 1916 onward, which is consistent with it being a long-standing variant rather than a recent invention.
Ishmael means "Wanderer".
The pronunciation of Ishmeal is ISH-meel.
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