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Girl's nameOrigin: of mixed originIn Israel: steady

SilinIn Hebrew: סילין · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: סִילִין

Silin (Hebrew: סילין) is a girl's name of mixed origin. 2,791 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 215 girls and ranked #92. Its peak year was 2024, with 215 babies.

People in Israel
2,791
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
215
rank #92
Peak year
2024
215 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Silin

In Hebrew letters the name is סילין, read right to left. Silin is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Silin 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).

Silin: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Silin

How do you write Silin in Hebrew?

Silin is written סילין in Hebrew (with vowel points: סִילִין). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Silin?

2,791 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סילין: 2,791 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 Silin a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named סילין are women.

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.