Shem Tov UnisexOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: rising
GefenIn Hebrew: גפן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: גֶּפֶןRomanization: géfen
Gefen (Hebrew: גפן) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 8,139 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 565 girls and ranked #29. Its peak year was 2021, with 777 babies.
- People in Israel
- 8,139
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 565
- rank #29
- Peak year
- 2021
- 777 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Gefen
In Hebrew letters the name is גפן, read right to left. Gefen 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 "géfen" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Geffen.
- a surname.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Gefen by year in Israel
How many girls 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 Gefen
How do you write Gefen in Hebrew?
Gefen is written גפן in Hebrew (with vowel points: גֶּפֶן). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "géfen".
How many people in Israel are named Gefen?
8,139 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name גפן: 6,497 women and 1,642 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 Gefen a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 80% of the people named גפן are women and 20% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
What does the name Gefen mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Geffen."
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.