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UnisexOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: hardly given today

HikmatIn Hebrew: חיכמת · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Hikmat (Hebrew: חיכמת) is a unisex name of Arabic origin. 107 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1964, with 5 babies.

People in Israel
107
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1964
5 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Hikmat

In Hebrew letters the name is חיכמת, read right to left. Hikmat is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Hikmat 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).

Hikmat: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Questions about Hikmat

How do you write Hikmat in Hebrew?

Hikmat is written חיכמת in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Hikmat?

107 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name חיכמת: 47 women and 60 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 Hikmat a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 44% of the people named חיכמת are women and 56% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

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.