Given name & surname
Hadar
“glory and splendor; one who is respected”
Hadar is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “glory and splendor; one who is respected.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “glory and splendor; one who is respected.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hadar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 208
- 0 boys · 208 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,722 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,722 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 407 as a first name in 2020; 304 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hadar’s family of names
Hadar has a related form in Hadaram. Hadar has a related form in Hader. Hadar has a related form in Hador.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Hadar
- AderetIsraeli singerborn 1975
- Hadar GalronIsraeli actor, writer, stand up comedianborn 1970
- Hadar CarsSwedish politicianborn 1933
- Hadar Ratzon-RotemIsraeli actressborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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