Shem Tov Boy's nameIn Israel: hardly given today
AvimelekhIn Hebrew: אבימלך · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אֲבִימֶלֶךְRomanization: Avimélekh
Avimelekh (Hebrew: אבימלך) is a boy's name. 30 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
- People in Israel
- 30
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
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- not in the list
- Peak year
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- USA
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- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Avimelekh
In Hebrew letters the name is אבימלך, read right to left. Avimelekh is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "Avimélekh" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, equivalent to English Abimelech
Compound of אֲבִי (aví, “father (of)”) + מֶלֶךְ (mélekh, “king”), literally “father of a king”; possibly a title used by Philistine kings such as Pharaoh by the kings of ancient Egypt or more recently Padishah by the Ottoman sultans and Persian kings, and symbolizing dynastic continuity by claiming one's son to be a king. Such an interpretation would explain the reoccurence of this name for multiple kings over…
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Avimelekh by year in Israel
How many boys 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).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Avimelekh
How do you write Avimelekh in Hebrew?
Avimelekh is written אבימלך in Hebrew (with vowel points: אֲבִימֶלֶךְ). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "Avimélekh".
How many people in Israel are named Avimelekh?
30 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אבימלך: 0 women and 30 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 Avimelekh a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named אבימלך are men.
What does the name Avimelekh mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, equivalent to English Abimelech" Etymology: Compound of אֲבִי (aví, “father (of)”) + מֶלֶךְ (mélekh, “king”), literally “father of a king”; possibly a title used by Philistine kings such as Pharaoh by the kings of ancient Egypt or more recently Padishah by the Ottoman sultans and Persian kings, and symbolizing dynastic continuity by claiming one's son to be a king. Such an interpretation would explain the reoccurence of this name for multiple kings over…
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.