Given name
Yuval
“resembling a ram”
Yuval is a form of Jubal. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a ram.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hebrew use, Yuval carries the interpretation “resembling a ram.” Yuval is a form of Jubal. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a ram.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Yuval is used as a form of Jubal.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yuval through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 633
- 409 boys · 224 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #10,657 for boys · #13,147 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,657 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 2007. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 987 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.
Yuval’s family of names
Yuval is a form of Jubal. Yuval has a related form in Yubal. Yuval has a related form in Yubale.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yuval
- Yuval Noah HarariIsraeli historian and author of popular science bestsellersborn 1976
- Yuval RaphaelIsraeli singer (born 2000)
- Yuval SteinitzIsraeli politician (born 1958)
- Yuval Ne'emanIsraeli theoretical physicist, military scientist, and politician (1925-2006)
- Yuval AbrahamIsraeli journalist and film directorborn 1995
- Yuval Diskindirector of Shin Betborn 1956
- Yuval SpunginIsraeli association footballer (born 1987)
- Yuval FreilichIsraeli fencerborn 1995
- Yuval ScharfIsraeli stage and screen actress and modelborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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