Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady
SaritIn Hebrew: שרית · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: שָׂרִיתRomanization: sarít
Sarit (Hebrew: שרית) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 9,597 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 8 girls and ranked #795. Its peak year was 1975, with 530 babies.
- People in Israel
- 9,597
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 8
- rank #795
- Peak year
- 1975
- 530 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Sarit
In Hebrew letters the name is שרית, read right to left. Sarit 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 "sarít" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a diminutive, Sarit, of the female given name שָׂרָה (sará)
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Sarit 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 Sarit
How do you write Sarit in Hebrew?
Sarit is written שרית in Hebrew (with vowel points: שָׂרִית). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "sarít".
How many people in Israel are named Sarit?
9,597 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שרית: 9,597 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 Sarit a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named שרית are women.
What does the name Sarit mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a diminutive, Sarit, of the female given name שָׂרָה (sará)"
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.