Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: hardly given today
ShimritIn Hebrew: שמרית · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: שִׁמְרִיתRomanization: Shimrit
Shimrit (Hebrew: שמרית) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 1,374 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1983, with 139 babies.
- People in Israel
- 1,374
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1983
- 139 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Shimrit
In Hebrew letters the name is שמרית, read right to left. Shimrit 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 "Shimrit" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name
- The mother of Jehozabad, the assassin of King Joash of Judah.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Shimrit 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 Shimrit
How do you write Shimrit in Hebrew?
Shimrit is written שמרית in Hebrew (with vowel points: שִׁמְרִית). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "Shimrit".
How many people in Israel are named Shimrit?
1,374 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שמרית: 1,374 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 Shimrit a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named שמרית are women.
What does the name Shimrit mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name"
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.