Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: hardly given today
MaymonIn Hebrew: מימון · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: מַיְמוֹןRomanization: maymón
Maymon (Hebrew: מימון) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 817 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1953, with 33 babies.
- People in Israel
- 817
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1953
- 33 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Maymon
In Hebrew letters the name is מימון, read right to left. Maymon 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 "maymón" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Maimon
- a surname originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Maimonides
From Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “auspicious, lucky”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Maymon 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 Maymon
How do you write Maymon in Hebrew?
Maymon is written מימון in Hebrew (with vowel points: מַיְמוֹן). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "maymón".
How many people in Israel are named Maymon?
817 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מימון: 0 women and 817 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 Maymon a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named מימון are men.
What does the name Maymon mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Maimon" Etymology: From Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “auspicious, lucky”).
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.