Entry № 7727 · Hebrew origin

Ofira Ofira — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ oh-FEE-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Gold"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern (Hebrew)

A name that means "gold".

Ofira (אוֹפִירָה) is the feminine of Ofir (Ophir) — the biblical land of gold from which Solomon's ships brought treasure (1 Kings 9:28). By extension, "golden one."

Ofira is widely used in Israel.

Gold. The biblical land of Ophir.

The name in its native script.

אוֹפִירָה
Transliteration
ʾŌfīrāh
Pronunciation
/ oʊˈfiː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ofira stands.

Ofira 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.

Ofiras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ofira
Common in Israeli fiction.

Names connected to Ofira.

The number behind Ofira.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ofira reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.