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MoranIn Hebrew: מורן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
Moran (Hebrew: מורן) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 12,364 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1982, with 1,043 babies.
- People in Israel
- 12,364
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1982
- 1,043 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Moran
In Hebrew letters the name is מורן, read right to left. Moran is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Moran 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 Moran
How do you write Moran in Hebrew?
Moran is written מורן in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Moran?
12,364 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מורן: 10,752 women and 1,612 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 Moran a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 87% of the people named מורן are women and 13% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
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.