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KedarIn Hebrew: קדר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: קֵדָרRomanization: kedár
Kedar (Hebrew: קדר) is a girl's name. 364 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 52 girls and ranked #286. Its peak year was 2024, with 52 babies.
- People in Israel
- 364
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 52
- rank #286
- Peak year
- 2024
- 52 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Kedar
In Hebrew letters the name is קדר, read right to left. Kedar 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 "kedár" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Kedar
- Ishmaelite
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Kedar 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 Kedar
How do you write Kedar in Hebrew?
Kedar is written קדר in Hebrew (with vowel points: קֵדָר). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "kedár".
How many people in Israel are named Kedar?
364 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name קדר: 349 women and 15 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 Kedar a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 95.9% of the people named קדר are women.
What does the name Kedar mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Kedar"
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.