Dovber
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DOHV-ber
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Dovber is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “bear”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Dovber mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew dov and Yiddish ber, both meaning 'bear'
“bear”
Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch, known as the Maggid, led the early Hasidic movement after the Baal Shem Tov.
Is Dovber a girl's or a boy's name?
Dovber is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dovber in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Dovber, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had more boys named Dovber than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Dovber in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dovber in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
Nicknames for Dovber
- Berel 13 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Dovber
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago, Ares, Ledger, Luca, Xander, Ezra, Declan, Brewer, Ryker, Deacon, Briar, Bridger
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Dovber: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dovber, updated 20 October 2026.