Atarah
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Atarah is a feminine name of Hebrew origin meaning "crown"
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ætæɹə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Atarah is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 7Kas עטרה(inferred from the name graph)
- SESweden1 in 2M
- RORomania≈1 in 69Kas עטרה
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Atarah itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Israel (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 44 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.0M (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,200 named עטרה, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled עטרה in IL Israel, US United States, RO Romania and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Atarah is a feminine name of Hebrew origin meaning "crown." In the Old Testament, she was the wife of Jerahmeel and is noted in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah. The name conveys a sense of royalty, honor, and glory.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Atarah counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Atarah is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Atarah is Hebrew for "crown" or "wreath," signifying honor and distinction.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Biblical: from a Hebrew word meaning ‘crown’. Atarah was one of the wives of Jerahmeel (1 Chronicles 2: 26). Variant: Atara (now a common modern Hebrew name, possibly as a translation of Yiddish KREINE ) .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Atara Barzilaib. 1939ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli model
- Atarah Ben-Tovimb. 1940GBBritish flautist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 581 | #18,362 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 141 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 125 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 121 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 69 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 60 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 59 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 44 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 42 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 42 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 34 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 30 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Atarah mean?
- Recorded meaning: Atarah is a feminine name of Hebrew origin meaning "crown."
- Where does the name Atarah come from?
- Atarah is a feminine name of Hebrew origin meaning "crown." In the Old Testament, she was the wife of Jerahmeel and is noted in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Atarah?
- A machine transcription gives /ætæɹə/ (IPA) for Hebrew.
- Is Atarah a male or female name?
- Atarah is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Atarah?
- In the etymology graph, Atara is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Atarah have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named עטרה in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Atarah most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Atarah is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 2.0 million people — even though Israel holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Atarah?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 5 people named Atarah, about 1 in 2.0 million residents.
- How common is Atarah compared with other names?
- In Israel, Atarah is the 799th most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/atarahThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Atarah” — the 799th most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.