Yariv

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/jəɹiv/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Yariv is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.8M(measured from records)
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 4.3Kas יריב
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 50K

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 Yariv 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)

≈2,000 named יריב, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
123 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 50K (inferred from the name graph)

Cyprus, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

YarivLatin(measured from records)
יריבHebrew(measured from records)

Locally spelled יריב in IL Israel, ZA South Africa, ET Ethiopia.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yariv 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.

Where Yariv is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IL Israel#683≈2,000 est.≈1 in 4.3K511יריב86
ET Ethiopia—≈150 est.≈1 in 745K—יריב3
US United States—1171 in 2.8M114Yariv123
PL Poland—361 in 1.1M36Yariv5
ZA South Africa—≈33 est.≈1 in 1.7M—יריב7
CH Switzerland—≈29 est.≈1 in 294K—Yariv8
NL Netherlands—≈28 est.≈1 in 616K—Yariv5
CY Cyprus—≈26 est.≈1 in 50K—Yariv5
GY Guyana—2as Jarib1 in 375K2——

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; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Yariv is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Ukrainian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Ярив, Iariv, Ярів, Jariv

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1920194019601980Yariv Shapira, b. 1920Yariv Ben-Aharon, b. 1934Yariv Alter, b. 1968Yariv Levin, b. 1969Yariv Horowitz, b. 1971Yariv Oppenheimer, b. 1976Yariv Mozer, b. 1978
  • Yariv Shapirab. 1920ILIsraeli archaeologist and writer (1920-2010)
  • Yariv Ben-Aharonb. 1934ILIsraeli writer
  • Yariv Alterb. 1968ILIsraeli artist and professor of audio-visual design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam (1968-2007)
  • Yariv Levinb. 1969ILMinister of Justice of Israel since 2022
  • Yariv Horowitzb. 1971ILIsraeli director and screenwriter
  • Yariv Oppenheimerb. 1976ILIsraeli human rights activist and politician. He was the director of Peace Now for a year and a half until his resignation in April 2016, reportedly due to internal struggles.
  • Yariv Mozerb. 1978ILIsraeli film director

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)

Informalשלום Yariv,Hi Yariv, (English)

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 13 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Yariv
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20267—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—7#173,378
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20266—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—6#189,102
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikipedia surname tokens

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

How do you pronounce Yariv?
A machine transcription gives /jəɹiv/ (IPA) for Hebrew.
Is Yariv a male or female name?
Yariv 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 Yariv have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named יריב in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Yariv?
In the United States, the national register counted 117 people named Yariv in 2020, about 1 in 2.8 million residents.
How common is Yariv compared with other names?
In Israel, Yariv is the 683rd most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.

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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, “Yariv” — the 683rd most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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