Izhar
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Izhar is a Hebrew name meaning "he shines" or "brightness"
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Izhar is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 8.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 28K
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 61K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 133 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈26,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Izhar is a Hebrew name meaning "he shines" or "brightness." A variant of the name, Zohar, carries a similar meaning of "splendor" or "radiance." It is a rare biblical name found in the Old Testament genealogies.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Izhar 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #529 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.8K | listed | Izhar | 70 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 61K | — | Izhar | 69 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Izhar | 45 |
| CN China | — | ≈960 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Izhar | 4 |
| US United States | — | 209 | 1 in 1.6M | 193 | Izhar | 133 |
| IL Israel | — | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 146K | — | Izhar | 19 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈35 est. | ≈1 in 175K | — | Izhar | 17 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. 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)
Izhar is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Izhar is understood to mean "he will shine" or "he is bright". The variant reading, Zohar, means "whiteness," "brightness," or "splendor".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, father of Korah.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Shining oil; one who sparkles
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Blossoming,
as a nameDictionary of Islamic Names
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)
- Ishar Singhb. 1892INnot in their usual namePunjabi poet
- S. Yizharb. 1916ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli writer and politician (1916-2006)
- Izhar Cohenb. 1951ILIsraeli singer and actor
- Izhar Patkinb. 1955ILIsraeli painter (born 1955)
- Izhar Ashdotb. 1958ILIsraeli musician
- Izhar Peledb. 1961ILIsraeli police officer (1961–2023)
- Izhar Cohenb. 1963ILIsraeli illustrator
- Izhar Harlevb. 1969ILIsraeli writer and screenwriter
- Izhar Bar-Gadb. 1971ILresearcher
- Izhar Eliasb. 1977NLDutch musician
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- Where does the name Izhar come from?
- Izhar is a Hebrew name meaning "he shines" or "brightness." A variant of the name, Zohar, carries a similar meaning of "splendor" or "radiance." It is a rare biblical name found in the Old Testament g… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What does the name Izhar mean?
- Recorded meaning: Izhar is a Hebrew name meaning "he shines" or "brightness."
- Is Izhar a male or female name?
- Izhar is a male 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.
- In which country does Izhar have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 26 thousand people named Izhar in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled izhar.
- How common is the name Izhar?
- In the United States, the national register counted 209 people named Izhar in 2020, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.
- How common is Izhar compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Izhar is the 529th most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/izharThe 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, “Izhar” — the 529th most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.