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MaorIn Hebrew: מאור · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: מָאוֹרRomanization: ma'or
Maor (Hebrew: מאור) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 16,592 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 206 boys and ranked #96. Its peak year was 2019, with 491 babies.
- People in Israel
- 16,592
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 206
- rank #96
- Peak year
- 2019
- 491 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Maor
In Hebrew letters the name is מאור, read right to left. Maor is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "ma'or" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male or female given name, Maor
- a surname
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Maor 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).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Maor
How do you write Maor in Hebrew?
Maor is written מאור in Hebrew (with vowel points: מָאוֹר). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "ma'or".
How many people in Israel are named Maor?
16,592 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מאור: 1,838 women and 14,754 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 Maor a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 88.9% of the people named מאור are men.
What does the name Maor mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male or female given name, Maor"
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.