Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: hardly given today
SigalIn Hebrew: סיגל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: סִיגַלRomanization: sigal
Sigal (Hebrew: סיגל) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 6,125 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1970, with 702 babies.
- People in Israel
- 6,125
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1970
- 702 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Sigal
In Hebrew letters the name is סיגל, read right to left. Sigal 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 "sigal" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, Sigal
Borrowed from Aramaic סִיגְלָא (“an aromatic plant not definitively identified”), associated with violet based on Rashi's commentary about Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat, section 50.2, ״סגלי – עשב שקורין ויאו״ל״.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Sigal 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 Sigal
How do you write Sigal in Hebrew?
Sigal is written סיגל in Hebrew (with vowel points: סִיגַל). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "sigal".
How many people in Israel are named Sigal?
6,125 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סיגל: 6,125 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 Sigal a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named סיגל are women.
What does the name Sigal mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Sigal" Etymology: Borrowed from Aramaic סִיגְלָא (“an aromatic plant not definitively identified”), associated with violet based on Rashi's commentary about Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat, section 50.2, ״סגלי – עשב שקורין ויאו״ל״.
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.