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Ishmael

Gender  Male
Type  Single Name
Species  DogCat

Meaning

Wanderer.

Related Names

Ismael, Ismail.

Famous Usage

Ishmael Beah - author of 'A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier'.

Screen Details

Ishmael is the narrator and main character in Herman Melville's novel 'Moby Dick' who famously opens the story with 'Call me Ishmael'. Also appears as a character in the TV series 'Star Trek: Enterprise' where he's a Xindi-Primate scientist.

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