Israel (name)
Israel is a Christian and Jewish surname and male given name .
Origin and meaning
The name is first documented on the Merenptah stele as a national name and reflects the Canaanite form of the name at that time:
Jisra'el , Hebrew ישראל , is the biblical name of the ancestor Jacob (Jaakov) after the fight on the east bank of the river Jabbok . Then the name goes to the descendants of his twelve sons, founders of the twelve tribes of Israel ( people of Israel ). It can be translated as “God fights (for us)” or “God may fight (for us)” and “God rules” or “God may rule”.
In his third letter, Anthony the Great translated the name Israel as “understanding that sees God”.
- For detailed onomatology see also the sections in Israel and Israelites .
During the time of National Socialism , the law on the change of family names and first names of January 5, 1938 forced Jewish men to also use the first name Israel and use it everywhere (women the name Sara ), unless they were one in the guidelines of the Reich Minister of the Inside had given names listed on the keeping of given names.
Name bearer
- Jaakov Israel (~ 18th century BC), ancestor of the people of Israel, see Jacob
First name
- Israel Aharoni (1882-1946), zoologist
- Israel Akopkochjan (* 1960), Soviet boxer of Armenian origin
- Israel Aksenfeld (1787–1866), Yiddish writer
- Israel Ibn al-Naqawa († 1391), Jewish scholar
- Israel Alter (1901–1979), Austrian-American cantor
- Israel Beer (1912–1966), Israeli military historian and exposed Soviet agent
- Aron Israel Brimann (1859–1934), Romanian writer
- Israel Bruna (1400–1480), Jewish scholar
- Israel Crosby (1919–1962), American jazz bassist
- Israel ben Eliezer (≈1700–1760), Ukrainian rabbi
- Israel Epstein (1915–2005), Chinese journalist and author
- Israel Finkelstein (* 1949), Israeli archaeologist
- Israel Friedlaender (1876–1920), American rabbi
- Moses Israel Prince (1617–1692), German merchant
- Israel Grodner (≈1840–1887), Yiddish actor and theater director
- Israel T. Hatch (1808–1875), American politician
- Isaac Israel Hayes (1832–1881), American doctor and polar explorer
- Israel Jacobson (1768–1828), German religious educator
- Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959–1997), American singer
- Israel Kleiner , Canadian mathematician and mathematician
- Israel Kristal (1903–2017), Polish-Israeli Holocaust survivor and age record holder
- Israel Offmann (1925–2018), German cultural community chairman
- Israel Pickens (1780–1827), American politician
- Israel Putnam (1718–1790), American general
- Israel Regardie (1907–1985), British occultist and magician
- Israel Shamir (* 1947), Russian-Israeli writer and journalist
- Israel Schumacher (1908–1961), Yiddish actor in Warsaw
- Israel Shahak (1933–2001), Russian-Israeli scientist
- Israel Simon (1807–1883), Austrian banker and industrialist
- Israel Smith (1759-1810), American politician
- Israel Zangwill (1864–1926), English writer and journalist
family name
- Agathe Israel (* 1949), German psychotherapist and author
- August Israel (1836–1906), German educator and philanthropist
- Christoph Israel (* 1964), German pianist and composer
- Clara Israel (1876–1942), German social worker of Jewish origin; first female magistrate in Prussia
- Daniel Israel (1859–1901), Austrian painter
- Frank Pieter Israel (* 1946), Dutch radio astronomer
- Georg Israel (around 1505–1588), Moravian blacksmith and preacher of the Bohemian Brethren Church
- Gideon Ben-Israel (1923–2014), Israeli politician
- Hans Israel-Köhler (1902–1970), German geophysicist, meteorologist and university professor
- Heinz Israel (* 1937), German graphic artist and sculptor
- Isaac Ben-Israel (* 1949), Israeli major general, military theorist, security advisor and politician (Kadima)
- Jacob Israel (1621–1674), physiologist, anatomist and city physician in Heidelberg
- James Israel (1848–1926), German urologist and surgeon
- Joachim Israel (1920–2001), Swedish sociologist, social psychologist and social theorist
- John Israel (1833–1898), German lawyer, politician, MdBü
- Jonathan Israel (born 1946), British historian
- Jürgen Israel (* 1944), German editor, publicist and author
- Lee Israel (1939–2014), American writer
- Märt Israel (* 1983), Estonian athlete
- Martha Israel (1905 – after 1967), Sorbian, former member of the People's Chamber of the GDR
- Menasse ben Israel (1604–1657), Portuguese scholar and diplomat
- Otto Israel (1883–1945), German geodesist, see Otto Oesterhelt
- Ottokar Israel (1919–2004), German historian, archivist and genealogist
- Patricia Israel (1939–2011), Chilean painter
- Regine Israel (* 1958), German soccer player
- Renate Totzke-Israel (* 1932), German graphic artist and book illustrator
- Rinus Israël (* 1942), Dutch football player
- Robert Israel (* 1963), American silent film companion, organist, pianist and composer
- Robert B. Israel , American mathematical physicist and mathematician
- Rouven Israel (* 1994), German actor
- Ruben Israel , Uruguayan football coach
- Rudolf Israel (1916–1985), German major general of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR
- Samuel Israel (1802–1870), German businessman, MdHHB
- Siegfried Israel (1928–2016), German sports physician
- Stéphane Israël (* 1971), French civil servant and manager
- Steve Israel (* 1958), American politician
- Steve Ben Israel (1938–2012), American actor
- Ulf Israel , German film producer
- Ulrich Israel (* 1932), German naval historian
- Uwe Israel (* 1963), German medieval historian
- Víctor Israel (1929–2009), Spanish actor
- Walter Israel (1923–2018), German art historian
- Werner Israel (* 1931), Canadian physicist
- Wilfrid Israel (1899–1943), British philanthropist and businessman
- Wilhelm James Israel (1881–1959), German urologist and surgeon
- Yoron Israel (* 1963), American jazz musician
stage name
- Dr. Israel , brgl. Douglas Bennett (* 1967), American musician
See also
credentials
- ↑ Real Lexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology, Erich Ebling, Bruno Meissner and TUAT 1 old series, cf. also the Israel stele from Merenptah around 1208 BC BC, the Hebrew script developed later and reflects the already known name, cf. on this Harald Haarmann History of Scripture .
- ↑ Genesis, 32, 29
- ↑ Genesis, 35, 10
literature
- See literature in the articles Israel , Israelites, and Twelve Tribes of Israel .