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OrelIn Hebrew: אוראל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אוֹרְאֵל
Orel (Hebrew: אוראל) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 10,010 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 72 boys and ranked #223. Its peak year was 1998, with 407 babies.
- People in Israel
- 10,010
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 72
- rank #223
- Peak year
- 1998
- 407 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Orel
In Hebrew letters the name is אוראל, read right to left. Orel is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; 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.
Orel 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
- Arielאריאל
- Harelהראל
- Orlyאורלי
- Urielאוריאל
- Ortalאורטל
- Shirelשיראל
- Avielאביאל
- Arbelארבל
- Arielaאריאלה
- Orianאוריאן
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Orel
How do you write Orel in Hebrew?
Orel is written אוראל in Hebrew (with vowel points: אוֹרְאֵל). Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Orel?
10,010 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אוראל: 2,767 women and 7,243 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 Orel a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 28% of the people named אוראל are women and 72% 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.