Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: falling
HadarIn Hebrew: הדר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: הָדָרRomanization: Hadár
Hadar (Hebrew: הדר) is a girl's name of biblical origin. 19,071 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 258 girls and ranked #75. Its peak year was 2005, with 531 babies.
- People in Israel
- 19,071
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 258
- rank #75
- Peak year
- 2005
- 531 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Hadar
In Hebrew letters the name is הדר, read right to left. Hadar 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 "Hadár" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male or female given name, Hadar
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Hadar 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 Hadar
How do you write Hadar in Hebrew?
Hadar is written הדר in Hebrew (with vowel points: הָדָר). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "Hadár".
How many people in Israel are named Hadar?
19,071 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name הדר: 16,681 women and 2,390 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 Hadar a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 87.5% of the people named הדר are women.
What does the name Hadar mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male or female given name, Hadar"
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.