Avigdor
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-vig-DOR
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Avigdor is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “father of protection”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Avigdor mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew, from 'father of Gedor' in 1 Chronicles
“father of protection”
In Jewish tradition one of the names of Moses, taken from 'father of Gedor' in 1 Chronicles 4:18.
Is Avigdor a girl's or a boy's name?
Avigdor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avigdor in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 4 boys.
Avigdor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
How popular is Avigdor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Avigdor, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had more boys named Avigdor than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Avigdor in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Avigdor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Nicknames for Avigdor
- Avi 65 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Avigdor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca River Asher Axel Ezra Aarav Xander Cooper Avi Elijah Thiago Elias
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Avigdor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avigdor, updated 20 October 2026.