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Ayelet Ayelet — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-YEH-let /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Morning star, gazelle (Hebrew)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)
The meaning

A name that means "morning star, gazelle (hebrew)".

Ayelet (אַיֶּלֶת) is the Hebrew word for "gazelle" or, in the phrase ayelet ha-shahar, "morning star." The phrase appears in Psalm 22's superscription.

Ayelet Shaked (born 1976) is the Israeli politician; Ayelet Waldman (born 1964) is the American-Israeli novelist.

Morning star, gazelle. The Hebrew.
In its original form

The name in its native script.

אַיֶּלֶת
Transliteration
ʾAyyélet
Pronunciation
/ ɑːˈjɛ.lɛt /
Root
—
Grammatical form
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Popularity

Where Ayelet stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Ayelet · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —
Namesakes

Ayelets before her.

Real people
Ayelet Shaked
Israeli politician.
born 1976
Ayelet Waldman
American-Israeli novelist.
born 1964
In fiction
Ayelet
Common in Israeli fiction.
Related

Names connected to Ayelet.

Variants & spellings
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Sister suggestions
Sounds alike
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Numerology

The number behind Ayelet.

4

The Builder

Ayelet reduces to four — the number of Hebrew gazelle.

Parents on Ayelet

Why families chose this name.

"Morning gazelle. Six letters. Ayelet."
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