Lior ( he, ליאור) is a Jewish

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

which means "my light" in

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

. Alternative spellings include Leeor, Leor, and Lyor. A female variant is

Leora Leora is a Hebrew female given name, which means "light unto me" or "I have light". Alternative spellings may be Liora or Liorah. The name can be a diminutive form of Eleanor. A male variant is Leor. The name Leora may refer to: People *Leora Aus ...

. Lior may refer to the following persons: *

Lior Lior Attar, better known simply as Lior, is an independent Australian singer-songwriter based in Melbourne. He is best known for his 2005 debut studio album ''Autumn Flow'' and for the song "Hoot's Lullaby". Early life and education Lior was bo ...

, Israeli-born Australian singer-songwriter * Lior Arditti (born 1977), Israeli basketball player *

Lior Ashkenazi Lior Ashkenazi ( he, ליאור אשכנזי; born 28 December 1968) is an Israeli actor, voice actor, comedian and television presenter. Biography Lior Ashkenazi was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, and grew up in the Neveh Yehoshua neighborhood. His ...

, Israeli actor *

Lior Asulin Lior Asulin ( he, ליאור אסולין; born 6 October 1980) is a male Israeli footballer. Playing career Maccabi Herzliya and Ariel Shaiman A native of Ra'anana, Israel he grew up in the youth system of Maccabi Herzliya and it was ther ...

, Israeli football player *

Lior Ben-David Leeor Brooks, mostly known by his ring name "The Chutzpah" Lior Ben-David, is an Israeli-British professional wrestler and stand-up comedian. He is best known for his work on the European independent circuit. Career Brooks was an amateur boxer bef ...

, Israeli professional wrestler *

Lior Eliyahu Lior Eliyahu ( he, לִיאוֹר אֱלִיָּהוּ; born 9 September 1985) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He is 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) in height and he weighs 105 kg (225 pounds). He plays at the power forward posi ...

(born 1985), Israeli basketball player * Lior Giterman (born 1993), Israeli-American investor *

Lior Jan Lior Jean ( he, ליאור ז'אן; born August 20, 1986) is an Israeli association football, footballer. At international level, Jan was cap (sport), capped at levels from Israel national under-17 football team, under-17 to Israel national under- ...

, Israeli football (soccer) player *

Lior Lubin Lior Lubin ( he, ליאור ליובין) (born 19 September 1979) is an Israeli professional basketball coach and former national team player. He was born in Ramat Gan, Israel. In 2000, he was the Israeli Premier League Assists Leader. He is cur ...

(born 1979), Israeli basketball player and coach * Lior Mor (born 1976), Israeli tennis player *

Lior Narkis Lior Narkis ( he, ליאור נרקיס; born November 8, 1976 in Holon, Israel) is an Israeli singer. Biography Lior Narkis was born in Holon. His father, David Narkis, was of Iraqi-Jewish origin. His mother Hanna Narkis, was of Serbian-Jewis ...

, Israeli singer who represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 * Lior Perlmutter, member of the Israeli Goa trance group Astral Projection *

Lior Rafaelov Lior Refaelov (or Rafaelov, he, ליאור רפאלוב; born 26 April 1986) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a winger for Belgian First Division A club Anderlecht. He began his career at Macca ...

, Israeli football (soccer) player *

Lior Raz Lior Raz ( he, ליאור רז; born 24 November 1971) is an Israeli actor and screenwriter. He is best known for portraying Doron Kabilio in the political thriller television series '' Fauda'' and Segev Azulai in '' Hit & Run''. Early life Ra ...

(born 1971), Israeli actor and screenwriter *

Lior Rosner Lior Rosner is an Israeli-born film, TV and classical music composer, conductor, and theme branding expert. Rosner created the theme for ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show''. He was a nominee for an International Film Music Critics Association nominee aw ...

, composer, primarily of the ''

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'' franchise *

Lior Schleien Lior Schleien ( he, ליאור שליין; born 1 July 1978) is an Israeli television producer and host. Early life Lior Schleien was born in 1978 in Tel Aviv, Israel to Jewish parents of Lithuanian descent. He holds law degrees from Tel Aviv U ...

, Israeli satirist *

Lior Shamriz Lior Shamriz (born September 13, 1978) is a writer, producer, and film director. They reside in Santa Cruz, California. Career Born to an Iraqi-Iranian Jewish family in Ashkelon, a city in southern Israel, they skipped the army at 18 and moved to ...

, German-Israeli film director *

Lior Suchard Lior Suchard ( he, ליאור סושרד, ; born 6 December 1981) is an Israeli mentalist and self-described "mystifier" who performs "supernatural entertainment". Early life Suchard was born in Haifa, Israel, as the youngest of three brothers. ...

, Israeli mentalist

Leor

Leor Dimant Leor Dimant ( lv, Leors Dimants, russian: Леор Григорьевич Димант, ; born December 18, 1972), better known as DJ Lethal, is a Latvian-American turntablist and producer and is best known as a member of the groups House of Pai ...

(born 1972), Latvian-American musician *

Leor Weinberger Leor S. Weinberger is an American virologist and quantitative biologist. He is credited with discovering the HIV virus latency circuit, which provided the first experimental evidence that stochastic fluctuations ('noise') in gene expression are ...

(born 1977), Canadian scientist

Lyor

Lyor Cohen Lyor Cohen born October 3, 1959) is an American record executive and entrepreneur. Cohen has been actively involved in hip hop at various record labels for more than 30 years. He started by managing rappers for Rush Productions, then led Def Ja ...

(born 1959), American music industry executive

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{{Given name Hebrew-language given names Hebrew masculine given names

Leor

Lyor

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