Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: hardly given today
SmadarIn Hebrew: סמדר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: סְמָדַרRomanization: smadár
Smadar (Hebrew: סמדר) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 5,692 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1968, with 273 babies.
- People in Israel
- 5,692
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1968
- 273 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Smadar
In Hebrew letters the name is סמדר, read right to left. Smadar 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 "smadár" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, Smadar
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Smadar 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 Smadar
How do you write Smadar in Hebrew?
Smadar is written סמדר in Hebrew (with vowel points: סְמָדַר). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "smadár".
How many people in Israel are named Smadar?
5,692 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סמדר: 5,692 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 Smadar a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named סמדר are women.
What does the name Smadar mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Smadar"
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.