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NisanIn Hebrew: ניסן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: נִיסָןRomanization: nisán
Nisan (Hebrew: ניסן) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 2,545 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 11 boys and ranked #634. Its peak year was 1952, with 54 babies.
- People in Israel
- 2,545
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 11
- rank #634
- Peak year
- 1952
- 54 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Nisan
In Hebrew letters the name is ניסן, read right to left. Nisan 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 "nisán" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Nisan (the seventh month of the civil year and the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Adar and before Iyar)
- a male given name
From Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (nisannum), from Sumerian 𒉠 (nesag̃).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Nisan 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 Nisan
How do you write Nisan in Hebrew?
Nisan is written ניסן in Hebrew (with vowel points: נִיסָן). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "nisán".
How many people in Israel are named Nisan?
2,545 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ניסן: 100 women and 2,445 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 Nisan a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 96.1% of the people named ניסן are men.
What does the name Nisan mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Nisan (the seventh month of the civil year and the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Adar and before Iyar)" Etymology: From Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (nisannum), from Sumerian 𒉠 (nesag̃).
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.