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ShalevIn Hebrew: שלו · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: שָׁלֵוRomanization: shalév
Shalev (Hebrew: שלו) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 4,981 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 57 boys and ranked #264. Its peak year was 2002, with 341 babies.
- People in Israel
- 4,981
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 57
- rank #264
- Peak year
- 2002
- 341 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Shalev
In Hebrew letters the name is שלו, read right to left. Shalev 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 "shalév" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Shalev
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Shalev 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 Shalev
How do you write Shalev in Hebrew?
Shalev is written שלו in Hebrew (with vowel points: שָׁלֵו). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "shalév".
How many people in Israel are named Shalev?
4,981 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שלו: 388 women and 4,593 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 Shalev a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 92.2% of the people named שלו are men.
What does the name Shalev mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Shalev"
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.