Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today
PoletIn Hebrew: פולט · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: פּוֹלֶטRomanization: Polét
Polet (Hebrew: פולט) is a girl's name of international origin. 206 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1950, with 20 babies.
- People in Israel
- 206
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1950
- 20 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Polet
In Hebrew letters the name is פולט, read right to left. Polet is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "Polét" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a transliteration of the English female given name Paulette
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Polet 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 Polet
How do you write Polet in Hebrew?
Polet is written פולט in Hebrew (with vowel points: פּוֹלֶט). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "Polét".
How many people in Israel are named Polet?
206 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name פולט: 179 women and 27 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 Polet a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 86.9% of the people named פולט are women.
What does the name Polet mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a transliteration of the English female given name Paulette"
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.