Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: hardly given today
RavitIn Hebrew: רוית · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
Romanization: Ravit
Ravit (Hebrew: רוית) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 3,378 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1975, with 235 babies.
- People in Israel
- 3,378
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1975
- 235 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Ravit
In Hebrew letters the name is רוית, read right to left. Ravit 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 "Ravit" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Ravit 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 Ravit
How do you write Ravit in Hebrew?
Ravit is written רוית in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "Ravit".
How many people in Israel are named Ravit?
3,378 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רוית: 3,378 women and 0 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 Ravit a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named רוית are women.
What does the name Ravit mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name"
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.