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Name

Dror

/DROR/ MasculineHebrew

Meaning

Dror is a masculine name of Hebrew origin meaning “freedom; sparrow”.

Dror is a biblical Hebrew word meaning both freedom and a sparrow, the bird that nests where it pleases, and Leviticus uses it in the great command to proclaim liberty throughout the land. Modern Israel revived it as a given name, one of many vocabulary words pressed into the new nation's naming stock.

In steady use in Israel since the mid-twentieth century.

At a glance

Origin
Hebrew
Gender
Masculine
Pronounced
/DROR/
Themes
FreedomSky

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Questions

  • Dror is a masculine name of Hebrew origin meaning “freedom; sparrow”. Dror is a biblical Hebrew word meaning both freedom and a sparrow, the bird that nests where it pleases, and Leviticus uses it in the great command to proclaim liberty throughout the land.

  • Dror is traditionally a masculine (boy) name. In steady use in Israel since the mid-twentieth century.

  • The name Dror comes from Hebrew. Dror is a biblical Hebrew word meaning both freedom and a sparrow, the bird that nests where it pleases, and Leviticus uses it in the great command to proclaim liberty throughout the land. Modern Israel revived it as a given name, one of many vocabulary words pressed into the new nation's naming stock.

  • Dror is pronounced DROR.

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