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Girl's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady

AbirIn Hebrew: עביר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: עַבִּיר

Abir (Hebrew: עביר) is a girl's name of Arabic origin. 5,927 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 23 girls and ranked #454. Its peak year was 1975, with 326 babies.

People in Israel
5,927
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
23
rank #454
Peak year
1975
326 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Abir

In Hebrew letters the name is עביר, read right to left. Abir is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Abir by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Abir: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Abir in English-speaking countries

Abir in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United Kingdom20254#4,9351997 (6)
England and Wales20254#4,8661997 (6)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Abir has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Abir

How do you write Abir in Hebrew?

Abir is written עביר in Hebrew (with vowel points: עַבִּיר). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Abir?

5,927 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name עביר: 5,927 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Abir a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named עביר are women.

Is Abir used outside Israel?

The name Abir appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the UK 4 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.