Shem Tov Girl's nameIn Israel: rare
ImerIn Hebrew: אמר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אִמֵּרRomanization: imér
Imer (Hebrew: אמר) is a girl's name. 385 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 7 girls and ranked #863. Its peak year was 2000, with 23 babies.
- People in Israel
- 385
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 7
- rank #863
- Peak year
- 2000
- 23 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Imer
In Hebrew letters the name is אמר, read right to left. Imer 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 "imér" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name
Cognate to Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to command”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Imer 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 Imer
How do you write Imer in Hebrew?
Imer is written אמר in Hebrew (with vowel points: אִמֵּר). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "imér".
How many people in Israel are named Imer?
385 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אמר: 346 women and 39 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 Imer a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 89.9% of the people named אמר are women.
What does the name Imer mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name" Etymology: Cognate to Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to command”).
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.