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KherutIn Hebrew: חרות · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: חֵרוּתRomanization: kherút

Kherut (Hebrew: חרות) is a girl's name. 867 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 24 girls and ranked #445. Its peak year was 2005, with 31 babies.

People in Israel
867
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
24
rank #445
Peak year
2005
31 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Kherut

In Hebrew letters the name is חרות, read right to left. Kherut 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 "kherút" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a female given name

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Kherut 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).

Kherut: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Kherut

How do you write Kherut in Hebrew?

Kherut is written חרות in Hebrew (with vowel points: חֵרוּת). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "kherút".

How many people in Israel are named Kherut?

867 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name חרות: 852 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 Kherut a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 98.3% of the people named חרות are women.

What does the name Kherut mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name"

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.