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UnisexOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady

SaharIn Hebrew: סהר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: סַהַרRomanization: sáhar

Sahar (Hebrew: סהר) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 6,255 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 123 boys and ranked #155. Its peak year was 1992, with 201 babies.

People in Israel
6,255
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
123
rank #155
Peak year
1992
201 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Sahar

In Hebrew letters the name is סהר, read right to left. Sahar 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 "sáhar" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a unisex given name, Sahar
Form of שַׂהַר (sáhar, śáhar, “moon”). Compare Aramaic סהרא (sahrā, “moon”), Arabic شَهْر (šahr, “month, new moon”), Old South Arabian 𐩦𐩠𐩧 (s²hr, “beginning of the lunar month”), Ge'ez ሣህር (śahr, “moon, first day of the month”).

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Sahar 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).

Sahar: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Sahar

How do you write Sahar in Hebrew?

Sahar is written סהר in Hebrew (with vowel points: סַהַר). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "sáhar".

How many people in Israel are named Sahar?

6,255 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סהר: 1,736 women and 4,519 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 Sahar a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 28% of the people named סהר are women and 72% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

What does the name Sahar mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a unisex given name, Sahar" Etymology: Form of שַׂהַר (sáhar, śáhar, “moon”). Compare Aramaic סהרא (sahrā, “moon”), Arabic شَهْر (šahr, “month, new moon”), Old South Arabian 𐩦𐩠𐩧 (s²hr, “beginning of the lunar month”), Ge'ez ሣህር (śahr, “moon, first day of the month”).

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.