All over the world, إسماعيلي (Smaili 
, Esmaeili 
, Ismajli 
) is a rare largely masculine, but uncommonly female first name. The first name إسماعيلي is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, where it is quite a rare largely masculine, but uncommonly feminine name, Morocco, where it is a rare mostly boy's, but uncommonly female name, and Tunisia, where it is a rare male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Algeria, Morocco, and India. More frequently, إسماعيلي is the last name as well as the forename.