Entry № 2761 · Hebrew origin

Efrat Efrat — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ef-RAHT /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Fruitful (biblical Bethlehem)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "fruitful (biblical bethlehem)".

Efrat is from the Hebrew ʾEphrāt.

Fruitful (biblical Bethlehem) — a Hebrew name.

The name in its native script.

אֶפְרָת
Transliteration
ʾEphrāt
Pronunciation
/ ɛfˈrɑːt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Efrat stands.

Efrat 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.

Efrats before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ephrath / Bethlehem
Ancient name of Bethlehem + Rachels burial Genesis 35 + Micah 5:2 Messianic prophecy + Matthew 2 birth of Jesus + Ruth 4 Boaz
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Efrat.

The number behind Efrat.

5

The Seeker

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