Entry № 9575 · Hebrew origin

Shir Shir — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHEER /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Song, poem"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "song, poem".

Shir (שִׁיר) is the Hebrew word for "song" or "poem" — used in the biblical Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs). A modern unisex Israeli name, popular for girls.

Shir is widely used in modern Israel.

Song. The Hebrew Song of Songs.

The name in its native script.

שִׁיר
Transliteration
Shīr
Pronunciation
/ ʃiːr /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shir stands.

Shir 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.

Shirs before her.

Real people
Shir Elmaliach
Israeli model.
born 1993
In fiction
Shir
Common in Israeli fiction.

Names connected to Shir.

The number behind Shir.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Shir reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.