Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: hardly given today
ShmulikIn Hebrew: שמוליק · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: שְׁמוּלִיקRomanization: shmulík
Shmulik (Hebrew: שמוליק) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 217 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1976, with 16 babies.
- People in Israel
- 217
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1976
- 16 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Shmulik
In Hebrew letters the name is שמוליק, read right to left. Shmulik 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 "shmulík" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a diminutive, Shmulik, of the male given name שְׁמוּאֵל (shmu'él)
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Shmulik 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
Questions about Shmulik
How do you write Shmulik in Hebrew?
Shmulik is written שמוליק in Hebrew (with vowel points: שְׁמוּלִיק). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "shmulík".
How many people in Israel are named Shmulik?
217 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שמוליק: 0 women and 217 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 Shmulik a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named שמוליק are men.
What does the name Shmulik mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a diminutive, Shmulik, of the male given name שְׁמוּאֵל (shmu'él)"
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.