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OfekIn Hebrew: אופק · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אֹפֶקRomanization: ófek
Ofek (Hebrew: אופק) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 11,085 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 99 boys and ranked #174. Its peak year was 2000, with 729 babies.
- People in Israel
- 11,085
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 99
- rank #174
- Peak year
- 2000
- 729 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Ofek
In Hebrew letters the name is אופק, read right to left. Ofek 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 "ófek" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Ofek, Offek, and Ofeq
Borrowed from Arabic أُفُق (ʔufuq).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Ofek 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 Ofek
How do you write Ofek in Hebrew?
Ofek is written אופק in Hebrew (with vowel points: אֹפֶק). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "ófek".
How many people in Israel are named Ofek?
11,085 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אופק: 2,344 women and 8,741 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 Ofek a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 21% of the people named אופק are women and 79% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
What does the name Ofek mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Ofek, Offek, and Ofeq" Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أُفُق (ʔufuq).
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.