Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: falling
RoiIn Hebrew: רועי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: רוֹעִיRomanization: ro'í
Roi (Hebrew: רועי) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 28,702 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 235 boys and ranked #85. Its peak year was 1982, with 913 babies.
- People in Israel
- 28,702
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 235
- rank #85
- Peak year
- 1982
- 913 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Roi
In Hebrew letters the name is רועי, read right to left. Roi 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 "ro'í" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Roy, Roi, Roee, and Roey
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Roi 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
Questions about Roi
How do you write Roi in Hebrew?
Roi is written רועי in Hebrew (with vowel points: רוֹעִי). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "ro'í".
How many people in Israel are named Roi?
28,702 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רועי: 29 women and 28,673 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 Roi a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.9% of the people named רועי are men.
What does the name Roi mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Roy, Roi, Roee, and Roey"
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.