Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today
SergeiIn Hebrew: סרגיי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: סֶרְגֵּיי
Sergei (Hebrew: סרגיי) is a boy's name of international origin. 5,329 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1972, with 165 babies.
- People in Israel
- 5,329
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1972
- 165 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Sergei
In Hebrew letters the name is סרגיי, read right to left. Sergei is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Sergei 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
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Sergei
How do you write Sergei in Hebrew?
Sergei is written סרגיי in Hebrew (with vowel points: סֶרְגֵּיי). Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Sergei?
5,329 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סרגיי: 0 women and 5,329 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 Sergei a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named סרגיי are men.
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.