Meaning of the nameEsmael

Esmael is a masculine name of Hebrew origin, a spelling of Ismael already recorded by Machado, from Hebrew yishma'el, 'God hears'.

Meaning

“God hears, or God heard”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ismael · Behind the Name: Ishmael

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People (2022): 12,806
Rank in Brazil: #1,437
Median age: 33 years
2010 Census: 13,800; people

Esmael in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Esmael, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (2,372 people).

65 women 12,741 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Esmael is most common

States with the highest share of people named Esmael in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Acre 0.018%
Pará 0.017%
Amapá 0.014%
Amazonas 0.013%
Mato Grosso 0.011%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,021	0.005%
Pará	1,345	0.017%
Minas Gerais	972	0.005%
Paraná	938	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	769	0.005%
Bahia	723	0.005%
Ceará	670	0.008%
Pernambuco	552	0.006%
Santa Catarina	522	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	508	0.005%
Amazonas	492	0.013%
Maranhão	490	0.007%
Goiás	396	0.006%
Mato Grosso	389	0.011%
Espírito Santo	303	0.008%
Paraíba	219	0.006%
Alagoas	203	0.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul	194	0.007%
Piauí	178	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	176	0.005%
Acre	149	0.018%
Rondônia	135	0.009%
Amapá	105	0.014%
Distrito Federal	101	0.004%
Sergipe	100	0.005%
Tocantins	84	0.006%
Roraima	72	0.011%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Esmael

Esmael is a spelling of Ismael: the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites José Pedro Machado, who records the form Esmael and explains Ismael through Hebrew jixma'el, 'God hears' or 'God heard', which reached Portuguese through Latin Ismaël. Behind the Name gives the same root, from shama', 'to hear', and 'el, 'God', and notes that in the Old Testament Ishmael is the son of Abraham. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,806 people named Esmael, with a median age of 33; proportionally, the name is most common in Acre.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ismael · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Behind the Name: Ishmael · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Ismael · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Ismael · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Esmael

What does the name Esmael mean?

Esmael means “God hears, or God heard”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Esmael in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,806 people with the first name Esmael, which ranks it number 1,437 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Esmael a boy's or a girl's name?

Esmael is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 65 women and 12,741 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Esmael?

Esmael is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Esmael most common?

Proportionally, in Acre: 0.018% of the state's population is named Esmael (149 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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