Meaning"Illuminated" or "Enlightened" | Formal: "Bearer of divine light"
OriginModernAmerican / Multicultural
GenderMale
Syllables1
NumerologyLife Path 4
US Rank (today)#4371
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Origin & history of Shneur
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ModernAmerican / Multicultural roots
Shneur comes from the ModernAmerican / Multicultural tradition, meaning "Illuminated" or "Enlightened" | Formal: "Bearer of divine light".
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How popular is Shneur?
2020peak year
Today, Shneur is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #4371), with only about 24 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2020, 32 babies were given the name (ranked #3480 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Shneur's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 616 babies have been registered as Shneur since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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