Shneur
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHNAY-oor
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Shneur is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “two lights”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Shneur mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish name, traditionally read as Hebrew shnei or 'two lights'
“two lights”
Borne by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad; some scholars trace it instead to the old Jewish name Senior.
Is Shneur a girl's or a boy's name?
Shneur is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shneur in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Shneur, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Shneur in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shneur in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
Names like Shneur
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, “Shneur: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shneur, updated 20 October 2026.