Yeah, Snail!

Moby Dick, Ahab, and Ishmael were the responses I was looking for.

As to Ishmael being Hebrew, yes. But, there is a version of that name that is Arabic:

Isma'il - A Prophet's name (Ishmael)

http://www.sudairy.com/arabic/masc.html

So I phrased the question wrong. So sue me :o}

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As for Aisha being a different name than Ayesha, maybe to Arabic speaking people. But African Americans have all sorts of phonetic and unique spellings for various personal names-some which make sense given the pronunciation of the name, and some , imo, are over the top. {meaning, a bit too much}.

But in cultures where the elements of a word don't mean any specific thing {unlike Hebrew for instance where "el" signifies God], and there is little regard for what a name means, changing the spelling of a name is a creative act.