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RotemIn Hebrew: רותם · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: רֹתֶםRomanization: rótem
Rotem (Hebrew: רותם) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 18,921 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 70 girls and ranked #235. Its peak year was 2000, with 562 babies.
- People in Israel
- 18,921
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 70
- rank #235
- Peak year
- 2000
- 562 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Rotem
In Hebrew letters the name is רותם, read right to left. Rotem 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 "rótem" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female or male given name, Rotem
Compare Arabic رَتَم (ratam)
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Rotem 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 Rotem
How do you write Rotem in Hebrew?
Rotem is written רותם in Hebrew (with vowel points: רֹתֶם). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "rótem".
How many people in Israel are named Rotem?
18,921 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רותם: 12,634 women and 6,287 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 Rotem a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 67% of the people named רותם are women and 33% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
What does the name Rotem mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female or male given name, Rotem" Etymology: Compare Arabic رَتَم (ratam)
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.