Yisrael

English

Etymology

Variant of Israel.

Proper noun

Yisrael (plural Yisraels)

1. A surname from Hebrew.
2. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency‎^[1]:

     In a foreword, former Israeli Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau unequivocally endorsed the validity of the historical links.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Yisrael is the 41038^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 531 individuals. Yisrael is most common among Black/African American (80.04%) and White (10.73%) individuals.

See also

• Klal Yisrael
• Am Yisrael Chai

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yisrael”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisra'el).

Proper noun

Yisrael

1. Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)
2. (biblical) Israel (a Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)
3. (historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel)
4. (historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah)
5. a male given name from Hebrew

Derived terms

• Yisraelita