Given name
Izhar
“he will be ripe”·“he will produce oil”
Izhar is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewיצהר
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Izhar means “he will be ripe” or “he will produce oil.”
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Where it comes from
Izhar is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb sahar (צהר), “to be at an apex or to process the ripe harvest.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Izhar appears in 1 Chronicles 4:7, Exodus 6:18, 1 Chronicles 6:2 and 4 other passages.
- 1 Chronicles 4:7
- Exodus 6:18
- 1 Chronicles 6:2
- Numbers 3:27
- 1 Chronicles 24:22
- Numbers 16:1
- Zechariah 4:14
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Izhar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 52
- 52 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 209 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Izhar’s family of names
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Izhar
- Izhar CohenIsraeli singer and actorborn 1951
- S. YizharIsraeli writer and politician (1916-2006)
- Izhar AshdotIsraeli musicianborn 1958
- Ishar SinghPunjabi poet1892–1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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