Hadar
Hebrew for "splendour, glory," a word that runs from Leviticus through to a name given today. In Poland it stays rare and stays unisex: fewer than 200 people carry it, women and men alike, and most Poles have never met one.
Hadar Pronunciation
Hadar is pronounced KHAH-dahr (/ˈxadar/).
What Hadar means
Where Hadar comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hadar is a Hebrew name, and it means splendour and glory. The word already carried that sense in the Torah. Leviticus 23:40 speaks of "p'ri etz hadar," the fruit of a splendid tree, which Jewish tradition identifies as the etrog, the citron held during the festival of Sukkot. From ritual language the word passed into use as a name.
In modern Hebrew, Hadar is given to girls and to boys alike. It stays close to its root. Someone named Hadar bears a plain Hebrew noun rather than a softened diminutive, and the meaning stays legible to anyone who reads the language. The same root sits behind "hidur," the beautifying of a commandment, so the idea of splendour runs through more than the name.
In Poland the name is rare, and it arrives without a Polish name-day. Put a child called Hadar into a class register in Warsaw, and one Hebrew word enters the room: splendour, glory.
How many people are named Hadar
1 in 163361 women in Poland is named Hadar. 169 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2463 among female names.
Hadar as a middle name
Hadar is a first name for 169 women in Poland and a middle name for another 8, a 95/5 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2764th, between Gugulethu (8) and Hailey (8).
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#2762 Grzesława8
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#2763 Gugulethu8
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#2764 Hadar8
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#2765 Hailey8
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#2766 Hilal8