Zohar
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A name of Hebrew origin meaning 'light' or 'brilliance', though historically associated more with the mystical literature (The Zohar) than this specific biblical figure
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/zowhɑɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Zohar is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 634K(measured from records)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 2.1Kas זוהר
- SYSyria≈1 in 14Kas Zoher
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 Zohar 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
- 152 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,200 named זוהר, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled זוהר in IL Israel, QA Qatar, ET Ethiopia and Zoher in SY Syria, LY Libya.
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)
A name of Hebrew origin meaning 'light' or 'brilliance', though historically associated more with the mystical literature (The Zohar) than this specific biblical figure.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Zohar 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | #210 | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | 5.4K | זוהר | 108 |
| ET Ethiopia | — | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | זוהר | 3 |
| SY Syria | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Zoher | 15 |
| US United States | — | 525 | 1 in 634K | 420 | Zohar | 152 |
| RO Romania | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 71K | — | Zohar | 4 |
| LY Libya | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Zoher | 4 |
| QA Qatar | #450 | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | זוהר | 3 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈65 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Zohar | 5 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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)
Zohar 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.
Zohar likely means 'tawny', 'reddish-gray', or 'whiteness'; Zerah means 'rising' or 'dawning' (often associated with light).
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
splendor; vital
as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Whiteness, tawny, or reddish-gray
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, interpretation of the Torah;
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Jewish medieval mystical
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper 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)
- Zohar Mannab. 1939ILAmerican-Israeli computer scientist
- Zohar Shavitb. 1951ILIsraeli academic
- Zohar Argovb. 1955ILIsraeli singer (1955-1987)
- Zohar Amarb. 1960ILIsraeli academic
- Zohar Frescob. 1969ILIsraeli percussionist
- Zohar Straussb. 1972ILIsraeli actor and singer
- Zohar Libab. 1977ILIsraeli actor and model
- Zohar Zimrob. 1977ILEthiopian-born Israeli retired marathon runner
- Zohar Komargodskib. 1983ILIsraeli physicist
- Zohar Laskovscreenwriter
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 36 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 420 | #53,213 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 355 | #57,372 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 243 | #74,164 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname 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 Zohar mean, and where does it come from?
- A name of Hebrew origin meaning 'light' or 'brilliance', though historically associated more with the mystical literature (The Zohar) than this specific biblical figure. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How common is the name Zohar?
- In the United States, the national register counted 525 people named Zohar in 2020, about 1 in 634 thousand residents.
- How common is Zohar compared with other names?
- In Israel, Zohar is the 210th most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Zohar?
- A machine transcription gives /zowhɑɹ/ (IPA) for Hebrew.
- Is Zohar a male or female name?
- Zohar is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Zohar have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.2 thousand people named זוהר in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
What do you want to know about Zohar?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zoharThe 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, “Zohar” — the 210th most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.