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DvirIn Hebrew: דביר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: דְּבִירRomanization: d'vír
Dvir (Hebrew: דביר) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 8,408 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 144 boys and ranked #133. Its peak year was 2007, with 298 babies.
- People in Israel
- 8,408
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 144
- rank #133
- Peak year
- 2007
- 298 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Dvir
In Hebrew letters the name is דביר, read right to left. Dvir 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 "d'vír" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Debir, the name of multiple locations in the Hebrew Bible
- King Debir of Eglon, a Canaanite king of Eglon mentioned in the Book of Joshua
- Dvir (a kibbutz in southern Israel)
According to the Babylonian Talmud (Avodah Zarah 24b:19), an allusion to Judges 1:11, which mentions a settlement named Debir and records that the previous name of the settlement was Kiryath Sefer (lit. "Town of a Book").
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Dvir 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 Dvir
How do you write Dvir in Hebrew?
Dvir is written דביר in Hebrew (with vowel points: דְּבִיר). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "d'vír".
How many people in Israel are named Dvir?
8,408 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name דביר: 85 women and 8,323 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 Dvir a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.0% of the people named דביר are men.
What does the name Dvir mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Debir, the name of multiple locations in the Hebrew Bible" Etymology: According to the Babylonian Talmud (Avodah Zarah 24b:19), an allusion to Judges 1:11, which mentions a settlement named Debir and records that the previous name of the settlement was Kiryath Sefer (lit. "Town of a Book").
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.