Ismet is a boy's name of Turkish origin meaning “defense, virtue, infallibility.” In England & Wales it was given to 3 boys in 2015.
Ismet belongs to the Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “defense, virtue, infallibility” — is the sense carried by its Turkish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ismet first appears in Social Security records in 2003. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #11564 in 2003, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 10 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ismet means “defense, virtue, infallibility” in its Turkish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ismet is a boy name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 2015.
Ismet comes from the Turkish tradition.
Ismet first appears in US records in 2003. Its best-ever ranking was #11564 in 2003, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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