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Girl's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady

AchinoamIn Hebrew: אחינועם · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אֲחִינֹעַםRomanization: akhinó'am

Achinoam (Hebrew: אחינועם) is a girl's name of biblical origin. 2,154 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 61 girls and ranked #262. Its peak year was 2013, with 91 babies.

People in Israel
2,154
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
61
rank #262
Peak year
2013
91 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Achinoam

In Hebrew letters the name is אחינועם, read right to left. Achinoam is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "akhinó'am" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a female given name, Ahinoam and Achinoam

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Achinoam by year in Israel

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).

Achinoam: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

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

Questions about Achinoam

How do you write Achinoam in Hebrew?

Achinoam is written אחינועם in Hebrew (with vowel points: אֲחִינֹעַם). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "akhinó'am".

How many people in Israel are named Achinoam?

2,154 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אחינועם: 2,128 women and 26 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 Achinoam a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 98.8% of the people named אחינועם are women.

What does the name Achinoam mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Ahinoam and Achinoam"

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.