Shem Tov UnisexOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
PelegIn Hebrew: פלג · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: פֶּלֶגRomanization: péleḡ
Peleg (Hebrew: פלג) is a unisex name of biblical origin. 4,001 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 131 boys and ranked #144. Its peak year was 2018, with 214 babies.
- People in Israel
- 4,001
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 131
- rank #144
- Peak year
- 2018
- 214 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Peleg
In Hebrew letters the name is פלג, read right to left. Peleg 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 "péleḡ" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, equivalent to English Peleg
- a surname, equivalent to English Peleg
- Peleg (one of the two sons of Eber)
Cognate with Arabic فَلَقَ (falaqa, “to split, to cleave”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Peleg 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 Peleg
How do you write Peleg in Hebrew?
Peleg is written פלג in Hebrew (with vowel points: פֶּלֶג). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "péleḡ".
How many people in Israel are named Peleg?
4,001 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name פלג: 843 women and 3,158 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 Peleg a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 21% of the people named פלג 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 Peleg mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, equivalent to English Peleg" Etymology: Cognate with Arabic فَلَقَ (falaqa, “to split, to cleave”).
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.