Shem Tov UnisexOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: falling
DoronIn Hebrew: דורון · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: דּוֹרוֹןRomanization: dorón
Doron (Hebrew: דורון) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 11,584 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 25 boys and ranked #429. Its peak year was 1969, with 345 babies.
- People in Israel
- 11,584
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 25
- rank #429
- Peak year
- 1969
- 345 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Doron
In Hebrew letters the name is דורון, read right to left. Doron 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 "dorón" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male or female given name, Doron, from Ancient Greek
- a surname: Doron
[Mishnaic] From Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron, “gift; hand's width”) (see further there).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Doron 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 Doron
How do you write Doron in Hebrew?
Doron is written דורון in Hebrew (with vowel points: דּוֹרוֹן). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "dorón".
How many people in Israel are named Doron?
11,584 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name דורון: 1,185 women and 10,399 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 Doron a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 10% of the people named דורון are women and 90% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
What does the name Doron mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male or female given name, Doron, from Ancient Greek" Etymology: [Mishnaic] From Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron, “gift; hand's width”) (see further there).
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.