Shem Tov Girl's nameIn Israel: hardly given today
ShikmaIn Hebrew: שקמה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: שִׁקְמָהRomanization: shikmá
Shikma (Hebrew: שקמה) is a girl's name. 211 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1984, with 12 babies.
- People in Israel
- 211
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1984
- 12 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Shikma
In Hebrew letters the name is שקמה, read right to left. Shikma is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "shikmá" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, Shikma
According to Watkins, perhaps a derivation (or a folk-etymological alteration of a word borrowed from the same source) from the root *qāma (“to stand”), see also קָם (kam), Ge'ez ቆመ (ḳomä), Classical Syriac ܩܳܡ, Ugaritic 𐎖𐎎 (qm). However, compare the cognates listed at Ancient Greek σῦκον (sûkon).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Shikma 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 Shikma
How do you write Shikma in Hebrew?
Shikma is written שקמה in Hebrew (with vowel points: שִׁקְמָה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "shikmá".
How many people in Israel are named Shikma?
211 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שקמה: 211 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 Shikma a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named שקמה are women.
What does the name Shikma mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Shikma" Etymology: According to Watkins, perhaps a derivation (or a folk-etymological alteration of a word borrowed from the same source) from the root *qāma (“to stand”), see also קָם (kam), Ge'ez ቆመ (ḳomä), Classical Syriac ܩܳܡ, Ugaritic 𐎖𐎎 (qm). However, compare the cognates listed at Ancient Greek σῦκον (sûkon).
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.