Date
Type Country
Usage English, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Indonesian, Malay, Biblical, Biblical Greek [1]
Scripts יִשְׂרָאֵל(Ancient Hebrew) Ἰσραήλ(Ancient Greek)
Meaning & History
From the name of the Old Testament hero Jacob, who was also called Israel. This was the name of an ancient kingdom that existed until the 8th century BC. The modern country of Israel is named for it.