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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

QueenIn Hebrew: קווין · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Queen (Hebrew: קווין) is a boy's name of international origin. 339 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1990, with 24 babies.

People in Israel
339
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1990
24 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Queen

In Hebrew letters the name is קווין, read right to left. Queen 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.

Queen by year: Israel and abroad

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).

Queen: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Questions about Queen

How do you write Queen in Hebrew?

Queen is written קווין in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Queen?

339 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name קווין: 0 women and 339 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 Queen a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named קווין are men.

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.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.