Zohar
A Hebrew name meaning "light, splendor". Most Poles have never met one, and among the roughly 145 who carry it the split between women and men runs close to even, which is unusual.
Zohar Pronunciation
Zohar is pronounced ZO-khahr (/ˈzɔxar/).
What Zohar means
Where Zohar comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zohar comes from the Hebrew word zohar, meaning light and splendor. In Polish the sense is blask and światłość. The same word titles the Sefer ha-Zohar, the central book of Kabbalah, a text that surfaced in thirteenth-century Spain and is credited to Moses de León. That history gives the name a bookish weight in Jewish tradition long before anyone wore it as a first name.
In modern Hebrew, Zohar goes to boys and girls alike. It has no diminutives and no separate variants. One form does the whole job. The Israeli singer Zohar Argov, a star of Mizrahi music, carried it to a wide audience.
A teacher reading a Warsaw class register might pause on Zohar, unsure where the stress falls. It lands on the first syllable. The meaning stays plain: light, splendor, blask.
How many people are named Zohar
1 in 265222 women in Poland is named Zohar. 145 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2708 among female names.
Zohar's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Zohar as a middle name
Zohar is a first name for 145 women in Poland and a middle name for another 15, a 91/9 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1954th, between Zoey (15) and Zsófia (15).
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#1952 Yineth15
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#1953 Zoey15
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#1954 Zohar15
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#1955 Zsófia15
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#1956 Ładysława15