Israel

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Also used among the English Romani community in the 1800s:
https://www.geocities.ws/seraphim_angel_2002/GypsyCensusnew1.html -- Israel Smith 49 Wool Spinner Hunworth Mill
https://www.geocities.ws/seraphim_angel_2002/GypsyCensusnew1.html -- Israel Oldsham 16 Wool Spinner Leicester
― Anonymous User  9/14/2022,  edited 9/14/2022
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Israel is also a Swedish given name. The name day for Israel in Sweden is December 20.
― glacier_bear_82  5/1/2021
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Also used in Spanish.There are 19.553 bearers of this name in Spain (source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística).The Spanish pronunciation of Israel is iz-ra-EHL. [noted -ed]
― guasguendi  4/1/2021
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In 1938, Germany forced all Jewish men to add Israel to their names, and all Jewish women to add Sarah.
― MoonAgeDaydreamer  4/14/2009
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