Ofek
A Hebrew name meaning "horizon". Fewer than a hundred people in Poland carry it, both women and men, so most Poles have never met one.
Ofek Pronunciation
Ofek is pronounced O-fek (/ˈɔfɛk/).
What Ofek means
Where Ofek comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ofek begins in Hebrew, where the word אופק means horizon. It names the line where sea or land meets sky, the far edge of what a person can see. Among Jewish families the name stays close to that plain sense. Short and open, it means what the dictionary says.
The name also points upward. Israel launched its first Ofek satellite in 1988, and the series has carried reconnaissance craft ever since. A word for the horizon became attached to machines built to look past it.
A boy called Ofek on a Polish class register would stand out. The teacher reads the list and meets a name that will not decline like Jan or Kacper. The origin holds firm underneath: Hebrew, and one meaning, horizon.
How many people are named Ofek
1 in 313915 men in Poland is named Ofek. 89 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3729 among male names.