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
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Grammatical form
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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

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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.