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Ishmael (M)
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Ishmael (male)
Variants:
Ismail
(M)
Derivative of:
Yishma'el
(M)
Source(s):
The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:
Jewish, from Hebrew "to listen to God"; OT Genesis 16:11.
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