Isma is an unusual name in the UK, though is more popular in the Middle East. It is of Arabic origin and means 'protection' or 'safeguarding of the prophets'.
Ismail Name Meaning. Muslim: from an Arabic personal name, 'Isma?il, name of a Prophet (Biblical Ishmael), son of Ibrahim (Abraham). ... Arabs believe that Ismail was the founder of the Arab peoples, and for this reason Arabs are sometimes referred to as Ishmaelites.
