Entry № 3945 · Hebrew origin

Hadar Hadar — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ hah-DAR /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Splendor, glory"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "splendor, glory".

Hadar (הָדָר) is the Hebrew word for "splendor" or "glory" — used in the Bible to describe the beauty of trees and divine majesty ("the splendor of the citron tree" in Leviticus 23:40).

Hadar is widely used in modern Israel.

Splendor. The Hebrew biblical majesty.

The name in its native script.

הָדָר
Transliteration
Hādār
Pronunciation
/ həˈdɑːr /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hadar stands.

Hadar does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Hadars before her.

Real people

In fiction
Hadar
Common in Israeli fiction.

Names connected to Hadar.

The number behind Hadar.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hadar reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.