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Post by annabella on Aug 27, 2014 18:25:51 GMT
Quite a popular name in Africa too. Amongst the blacks. What do you call them BTW. They are NOT African Americans but you can't say Africans cause that includes the white Africans too. You can say African, the white population is less 10%. The word "blacks" sounds horrible.
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Post by garcia5050 on Aug 27, 2014 18:27:19 GMT
I have a cousin named Israel. He was born and raised in Ensenada, Mexico.
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Post by disneypal on Aug 27, 2014 18:41:51 GMT
I've never heard of it being used as a name before.
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Post by bdawnb on Aug 27, 2014 18:43:59 GMT
One of my friends' sons is named Isreal and he also goes by Izzy.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 18:47:26 GMT
I have a neighbor whose name is ISAEL....I used to never remember it until I started to think of it as Israel without the R....
Definitely a unique name
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Post by delilahtwo on Aug 27, 2014 18:50:28 GMT
There is a boy in my daughters class called Israel. Izzy for short. Also has a Londyn and a China...
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Post by sisterbdsq on Aug 27, 2014 18:55:08 GMT
Yes, I'm Mexican and know some Israels. I would known immediately it was a guy, but would have assumed Hispanic.
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Post by Linda on Aug 27, 2014 19:03:54 GMT
It's not a common name but not super-rare either. It's a Biblical name and depending on the age and the region of the country could be mostly Hispanic, black, or Fundamentalist or even 90s Yuppie. In my husband's family tree, it shows up in colonial Massachusetts; in mine it shows up in the mid 1800s amongst working class Methodists in England.
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Post by whipea on Aug 27, 2014 19:08:31 GMT
Quite a few when I grew up in South Florida. It was mostly a Hispanic name. Still in South Florida and know a bunch of Hispanic Israels.
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Post by susans sister on Aug 27, 2014 19:10:33 GMT
My Great Grandfather's name was Israel.
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Post by cade387 on Aug 27, 2014 19:14:00 GMT
I have a male coworker named Israel
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Post by Prenticekid on Aug 27, 2014 19:18:57 GMT
My great-grandfather's middle name was Israel, and so was an uncle's. Not Jewish, not even religious. I once asked where it came from (a number of my uncles have "odd" middle names), and no one knows. I'm sorry, but if my middle name was Vanning, I'd be asking about that! LOL
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Post by GiantsFan on Aug 27, 2014 20:45:14 GMT
I've heard it both as a first and last name.
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Post by modiemay on Aug 27, 2014 20:58:19 GMT
I went to school with a few Israel's so to me, it's not an,unusual name but not common.
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Post by perumbula on Aug 27, 2014 21:11:24 GMT
We have more than one Israel in our school district. It doesn't faze me a bit. After all it was a person's name first.
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Post by iowgirl on Aug 27, 2014 21:14:58 GMT
There are a couple young men around here name Israel. Both are from deeply religious, home schooling, prepping for doom families. Not sure if there is any thing to that or not. One of them did not know how to spell his name when he was about 11. I thought that their home schooling experience probably wasn't going so great. That incident really sticks in my mind.
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Post by paget on Aug 27, 2014 21:30:46 GMT
I've heard of Isreals. Not weird - not really common, but not weird.
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Post by katiejane on Aug 27, 2014 21:32:20 GMT
I know one.
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Post by betty on Aug 27, 2014 21:50:23 GMT
Not uncommon here. I saw it recently on the local news under a mug shot.
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Post by scrapaddie on Aug 27, 2014 21:58:11 GMT
Daniel Boone's son was Israel . I had a student by that name
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Post by delila on Aug 27, 2014 22:01:15 GMT
It must be more of a regional thing because I live in Texas & know personally 2 Israel's & a few contractors. The 2 I know are in their late 30's & both from Mexico, well all of them are from Mexico. The contractors are older, in their 40's I would guess.
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Post by knotlazy on Aug 27, 2014 22:52:22 GMT
My mother's endocrinologist is named Israel. He is probably mid-50's in age.
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Post by finaledition on Aug 27, 2014 22:58:38 GMT
There's also the Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.
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Post by Nicole in TX on Aug 27, 2014 23:00:06 GMT
It was very common among the hispanic population in Texas. P.S. If you ever have a conference with Jesus it is not THAT Jesus.
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Post by scrappinghappy on Aug 27, 2014 23:07:58 GMT
Quite a popular name in Africa too. Amongst the blacks. What do you call them BTW. They are NOT African Americans but you can't say Africans cause that includes the white Africans too. You refer to them by country: Nigerians, Kenyans, Congolese, etc. Then within the country, there will usually be a tribal association as well. I'm an African and in Africa this is how we speak because we are all Africans (unless you're a foreigner). South Africans are adept at broadly classifying one another as black, white, Indian, colored (a defined ethnic group descended from the original Dutch settlers and indigenous tribal inhabitants they encountered), or biracial (a mix of any of the others) despite often complicated lineages. Just by looking at someone you cannot always tell their cultural affiliation. You once may have been able to tell by accents to a small degree but now with the end of apartheid and better education available for all, accents in the younger generations are becoming more uniform across the the different cultures. I wasn't being insulting with my statement above, but I was curious what an American in Africa would do. In the USA it would be mind-blowingly rude to classify someone by their skin color but here in SA it is simply a statement of who you are.
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 27, 2014 23:14:21 GMT
I've known a couple of kids named Isreal in my day
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Post by ametallichick on Aug 28, 2014 4:18:42 GMT
I've only me one my whole life. Someone I went to HS with.
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Post by leftturnonly on Aug 28, 2014 4:35:41 GMT
Are any of you scrapbookers still? Noelle Hyman's husband (paperclipping.com) is named Izzy, and I think it's short for Israel, too. Oh, that makes sense! I hate to judge people's names, but some names just make me think of a man named Sue. Great song, though.
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Aug 28, 2014 6:17:22 GMT
I've met a couple Israels. It's not a common name, but it's definitely not jaw-droppingly uncommon either.
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Post by luvnlifelady on Aug 28, 2014 8:13:39 GMT
DH has a co-worker named Israel (I think he's about 40 or so).
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