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Boy's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: hardly given today

ButrosIn Hebrew: בוטרוס · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: בּוּטְרוּס

Butros (Hebrew: בוטרוס) is a boy's name of Arabic origin. 293 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1961, with 9 babies.

People in Israel
293
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1961
9 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Butros

In Hebrew letters the name is בוטרוס, read right to left. Butros 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.

Butros 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).

Butros: 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 Butros

How do you write Butros in Hebrew?

Butros is written בוטרוס in Hebrew (with vowel points: בּוּטְרוּס). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Butros?

293 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name בוטרוס: 0 women and 293 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 Butros a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named בוטרוס are men.

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.