Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: rare
AmnonIn Hebrew: אמנון · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אַמְנוֹןRomanization: amnón
Amnon (Hebrew: אמנון) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 4,724 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1958, with 230 babies.
- People in Israel
- 4,724
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1958
- 230 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Amnon
In Hebrew letters the name is אמנון, read right to left. Amnon is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "amnón" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Amnon
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Amnon by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Amnon
How do you write Amnon in Hebrew?
Amnon is written אמנון in Hebrew (with vowel points: אַמְנוֹן). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "amnón".
How many people in Israel are named Amnon?
4,724 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אמנון: 0 women and 4,724 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Amnon a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named אמנון are men.
What does the name Amnon mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Amnon"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.