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TomerIn Hebrew: תומר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: תֹּמֶרRomanization: tómer
Tomer (Hebrew: תומר) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 21,429 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 90 boys and ranked #190. Its peak year was 2000, with 638 babies.
- People in Israel
- 21,429
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 90
- rank #190
- Peak year
- 2000
- 638 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Tomer
In Hebrew letters the name is תומר, read right to left. Tomer 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 "tómer" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male or female given name, Tomer
Collateral form of תָּמָר (támar, “a date (fruit); a palm tree”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Tomer 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
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Tomer
How do you write Tomer in Hebrew?
Tomer is written תומר in Hebrew (with vowel points: תֹּמֶר). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "tómer".
How many people in Israel are named Tomer?
21,429 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name תומר: 825 women and 20,604 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 Tomer a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 96.2% of the people named תומר are men.
What does the name Tomer mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male or female given name, Tomer" Etymology: Collateral form of תָּמָר (támar, “a date (fruit); a palm tree”).
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.