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Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: falling

AvichaiIn Hebrew: אביחי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אֲבִיחַי

Avichai (Hebrew: אביחי) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 4,865 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 31 boys and ranked #389. Its peak year was 1986, with 158 babies.

People in Israel
4,865
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
31
rank #389
Peak year
1986
158 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Avichai

In Hebrew letters the name is אביחי, read right to left. Avichai is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Avichai 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).

Avichai: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Avichai

How do you write Avichai in Hebrew?

Avichai is written אביחי in Hebrew (with vowel points: אֲבִיחַי). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Avichai?

4,865 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אביחי: 0 women and 4,865 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 Avichai a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named אביחי are men.

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.