Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady
PerachIn Hebrew: פרח · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: פֶּרַחRomanization: pérakh
Perach (Hebrew: פרח) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 3,568 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 95 girls and ranked #183. Its peak year was 2009, with 148 babies.
- People in Israel
- 3,568
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 95
- rank #183
- Peak year
- 2009
- 148 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Perach
In Hebrew letters the name is פרח, read right to left. Perach 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 "pérakh" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, Perah and Perach
Cognate with Arabic فَرْخ (farḵ, “chick, sprout”), Maltese ferħ (“chick”), Aramaic פְּרַח, ܦܪܰܚ (pəraḥ, “to fly”), Ge'ez ፈርኅ (färḫ, “chick”), ፈርኀ (färḫä, “to sprout, to germinate”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Perach 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
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Perach
How do you write Perach in Hebrew?
Perach is written פרח in Hebrew (with vowel points: פֶּרַח). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "pérakh".
How many people in Israel are named Perach?
3,568 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name פרח: 3,343 women and 225 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 Perach a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 93.7% of the people named פרח are women.
What does the name Perach mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Perah and Perach" Etymology: Cognate with Arabic فَرْخ (farḵ, “chick, sprout”), Maltese ferħ (“chick”), Aramaic פְּרַח, ܦܪܰܚ (pəraḥ, “to fly”), Ge'ez ፈርኅ (färḫ, “chick”), ፈርኀ (färḫä, “to sprout, to germinate”).
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.