Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: hardly given today
AvishalomIn Hebrew: אבישלום · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אֲבִישָׁלוֹםRomanization: avishalóm
Avishalom (Hebrew: אבישלום) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 115 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1963, with 5 babies.
- People in Israel
- 115
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1963
- 5 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Avishalom
In Hebrew letters the name is אבישלום, read right to left. Avishalom 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 "avishalóm" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, equivalent to English Avshalom or Absalom
- a male given name, equivalent to English Avshalom or Absalom
- Absalom (the third son of David, king of Israel)
From אֲבִי (ʔăḇī, aví, “father of”, construct form of אָב (ʔɔḇ, av, “father”)) + שָׁלוֹם (šɔlōm, shalóm, “peace”), literally “father of peace”.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Avishalom 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 Avishalom
How do you write Avishalom in Hebrew?
Avishalom is written אבישלום in Hebrew (with vowel points: אֲבִישָׁלוֹם). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "avishalóm".
How many people in Israel are named Avishalom?
115 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אבישלום: 0 women and 115 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 Avishalom a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named אבישלום are men.
What does the name Avishalom mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, equivalent to English Avshalom or Absalom" Etymology: From אֲבִי (ʔăḇī, aví, “father of”, construct form of אָב (ʔɔḇ, av, “father”)) + שָׁלוֹם (šɔlōm, shalóm, “peace”), literally “father of peace”.
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.