Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: falling
ShirIn Hebrew: שיר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: שִׁירRomanization: shir
Shir (Hebrew: שיר) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 17,379 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 156 girls and ranked #127. Its peak year was 1993, with 772 babies.
- People in Israel
- 17,379
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 156
- rank #127
- Peak year
- 1993
- 772 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Shir
In Hebrew letters the name is שיר, read right to left. Shir 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 "shir" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female or male given name, Shir
Possibly from Sumerian 𒂡 (šir₃), a Sumerian sign meaning “song” or “festival”, also used in Akkadian as a logogram for zamārum (“to sing”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Shir 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 Shir
How do you write Shir in Hebrew?
Shir is written שיר in Hebrew (with vowel points: שִׁיר). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "shir".
How many people in Israel are named Shir?
17,379 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שיר: 16,407 women and 972 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 Shir a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 94.4% of the people named שיר are women.
What does the name Shir mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female or male given name, Shir" Etymology: Possibly from Sumerian 𒂡 (šir₃), a Sumerian sign meaning “song” or “festival”, also used in Akkadian as a logogram for zamārum (“to sing”).
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.