📖 Über Lior
Lior ist ein moderner hebräischer Name mit der Bedeutung 'mein Licht' — li (für mich, mein) + or (Licht), das erste Wort der Genesis ('Es werde Licht'); eine in einen Namen kodierte Liebeserklärung in der ersten Person; für Mädchen und Jungen in Israel verwendet, gehört er zu einer Familie moderner hebräischer Namen, die direkt von Eltern an Kinder sprechen.
📍 Details
- HerkunftHebrew
- Geschlecht⚥ Unisex
- BedeutungMy light
🔀 Varianten & Verwandte Namen
⭐ Berühmte Persönlichkeiten
- Lior Ashkenazi — Israeli actor (born 1969), one of the most acclaimed performers in Israeli cinema; known internationally for his roles in Walk on Water (2004), Footnote (2011, which won the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes), and The Affair; his career spans theatre, film, and television and represents the finest tradition of contemporary Israeli dramatic acting.
- Lior Suchard — Israeli mentalist and entertainer (born 1981), regarded as one of the world’s leading mentalists; known for his television appearances on shows including The Tonight Show and The Late Late Show, and for private performances for world leaders and celebrities; he was named ‘Mentalist of the Year’ by the international magic community.
- Or (Hebrew 'light') — the root — The Hebrew word or (אור, light) is the first word of creation in Genesis 1:3, and one of the most theologically charged words in the Hebrew Bible; in Kabbalistic mysticism, Or Ein Sof (the Infinite Light) is the supreme manifestation of the divine; the root or appears in dozens of Hebrew names (Or, Ora, Orit, Orli, Orly, Lior, Liora, Liron) reflecting its centrality to Jewish spiritual thought.
- Lior Ben David — Representative Israeli singer and performer bearing the name; Lior is popular across Israeli music, film, and arts communities, reflecting the name’s status as one of the most distinctively modern Israeli names — created from living Hebrew rather than borrowed from biblical tradition — and its appeal across Israel’s secular and traditional communities alike.