Shem Tov UnisexOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: falling
YuvalIn Hebrew: יובל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: יוּבַלRomanization: yuvál
Yuval (Hebrew: יובל) is a unisex name of biblical origin. 40,599 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 205 boys and ranked #98. Its peak year was 1998, with 1,871 babies.
- People in Israel
- 40,599
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 205
- rank #98
- Peak year
- 1998
- 1,871 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Yuval
In Hebrew letters the name is יובל, read right to left. Yuval 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 "yuvál" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Yuval
- Jubal (a son of Lamech and Ada)
Related to אוּבָל ('uvál, “stream”) and Arabic وَبَلَ (wabala, “to rain heavily”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Yuval 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 Yuval
How do you write Yuval in Hebrew?
Yuval is written יובל in Hebrew (with vowel points: יוּבַל). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "yuvál".
How many people in Israel are named Yuval?
40,599 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name יובל: 17,507 women and 23,092 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 Yuval a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 43% of the people named יובל are women and 57% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
What does the name Yuval mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Yuval" Etymology: Related to אוּבָל ('uvál, “stream”) and Arabic وَبَلَ (wabala, “to rain heavily”).
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.