Meaning of the nameIsrrael

Isrrael is a spelling of the name Israel, which means “he who struggles with God (also interpreted as 'God rules')”.

Meaning

“he who struggles with God (also interpreted as 'God rules')”

Meaning of the name Israel, of which Isrrael is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Israel · Behind the Name: Israel · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Israel

People (2022): 1,607
Rank in Brazil: #5,975
Median age: 30 years
2010 Census: 2,850; people

Isrrael in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Isrrael, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (298 people).

0 women 1,594 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 Isrrael is most common

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

Pernambuco 0.002%
Ceará 0.001%
Bahia 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	273	0.001%
Minas Gerais	147	0.001%
Pernambuco	133	0.002%
Bahia	112	0.001%
Ceará	100	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	95	0.001%
Pará	87	0.001%
Goiás	84	0.001%
Maranhão	68	0.001%
Paraná	67	0.001%
Mato Grosso	49	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	41	0.000%
Santa Catarina	37	0.001%
Amazonas	35	0.001%
Paraíba	32	0.001%
Rondônia	29	0.002%
Acre	29	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	24	0.001%
Alagoas	24	0.001%
Piauí	23	0.001%
Roraima	23	0.004%
Espírito Santo	22	0.001%
Distrito Federal	22	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	21	0.001%
Tocantins	16	0.001%

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

The spelling Isrrael

Doubles the R after the S. It appears among people born in every decade since the 1940s, almost always men.

About the name Israel

Israel comes from the Hebrew Yisra'el, by way of Greek and Ecclesiastical Latin. In the Bible, it is the name given to Jacob after the struggle with an angel (Genesis 32). Sources vary in their interpretation: Behind the Name gives 'God contends', Wiktionary lists 'struggles with God', 'prevails with God' and 'God rules', and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records 'strong against God'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 101,921 people named Israel, with a median age of 30. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, most common in Acre.

Other spellings of Israel

Spelling	People (2022)
Israel	101,921
Isrrael	1,607

Sources

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

Questions about the name Isrrael

What does the name Isrrael mean?

Isrrael means “he who struggles with God (also interpreted as 'God rules')”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Israel, of which Isrrael is a spelling.

How many people are named Isrrael in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,607 people with the first name Isrrael, which ranks it number 5,975 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Isrrael is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,594 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Isrrael?

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

In which Brazilian state is Isrrael most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.002% of the state's population is named Isrrael (133 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Isrrael?

Israel. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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