Schneur
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHNEH-ur
Schneur is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Schneur mean?
Yiddish, often explained as Hebrew shnei or 'two lights'
Borne by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812), founder of the Chabad Hasidic movement.
Is Schneur a girl's or a boy's name?
Schneur is a boys' name.
How popular is Schneur in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Schneur in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Schneur in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Schneur
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Schneur: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/schneur, updated 20 October 2026.