Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: rare
HagarIn Hebrew: הגר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: הָגָרRomanization: hagár
Hagar (Hebrew: הגר) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 3,143 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 5 girls and ranked #1,007. Its peak year was 1986, with 116 babies.
- People in Israel
- 3,143
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 5
- rank #1,007
- Peak year
- 1986
- 116 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Hagar
In Hebrew letters the name is הגר, read right to left. Hagar is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "hagár" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Hagar
- a female given name, Hagar
- Hungary
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Hagar 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 Hagar
How do you write Hagar in Hebrew?
Hagar is written הגר in Hebrew (with vowel points: הָגָר). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "hagár".
How many people in Israel are named Hagar?
3,143 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name הגר: 3,143 women and 0 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 Hagar a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named הגר are women.
What does the name Hagar mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Hagar"
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.