Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: falling
EhudIn Hebrew: אהוד · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אֵהוּדRomanization: ehúd
Ehud (Hebrew: אהוד) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 5,589 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 8 boys and ranked #726. Its peak year was 1970, with 199 babies.
- People in Israel
- 5,589
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 8
- rank #726
- Peak year
- 1970
- 199 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Ehud
In Hebrew letters the name is אהוד, read right to left. Ehud 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 "ehúd" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Ehud (biblical character)
- a male given name, Ehud
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Ehud 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 Ehud
How do you write Ehud in Hebrew?
Ehud is written אהוד in Hebrew (with vowel points: אֵהוּד). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "ehúd".
How many people in Israel are named Ehud?
5,589 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אהוד: 14 women and 5,575 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 Ehud a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.7% of the people named אהוד are men.
What does the name Ehud mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Ehud (biblical character)"
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.