Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: rare
ZevulunIn Hebrew: זבולון · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: זְבוּלוּןRomanization: z'vulún
Zevulun (Hebrew: זבולון) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 414 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1960, with 17 babies.
- People in Israel
- 414
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1960
- 17 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Zevulun
In Hebrew letters the name is זבולון, read right to left. Zevulun 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 "z'vulún" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Zebulun (tenth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah)
- also his territory and tribe
- a male given name
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Zevulun 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 Zevulun
How do you write Zevulun in Hebrew?
Zevulun is written זבולון in Hebrew (with vowel points: זְבוּלוּן). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "z'vulún".
How many people in Israel are named Zevulun?
414 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name זבולון: 0 women and 414 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 Zevulun a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named זבולון are men.
What does the name Zevulun mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Zebulun (tenth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah)"
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.