"Form of Ishmael"
The name Ishmel is commonly a male name from the "Hebrew" origin.
Ishmel is the name Ishmael with the medial a dropped, and it is recorded in United States birth records from 1916. The underlying name is the Hebrew Yishmael, conventionally translated as "God hears." No separate meaning attaches to the shortened spelling; it carries the same derivation as Ishmael.
Ishmael means "Wanderer".
The pronunciation of Ishmel is ISH-mel.
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