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PazIn Hebrew: פז · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
Paz (Hebrew: פז) is a unisex name of international origin. 1,950 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 6 girls and ranked #939. Its peak year was 1994, with 125 babies.
- People in Israel
- 1,950
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 6
- rank #939
- Peak year
- 1994
- 125 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Paz
In Hebrew letters the name is פז, read right to left. Paz 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.
Paz 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
Questions about Paz
How do you write Paz in Hebrew?
Paz is written פז in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Paz?
1,950 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name פז: 1,159 women and 791 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 Paz a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 59% of the people named פז are women and 41% 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.