Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: falling
ItaiIn Hebrew: איתי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אִיתַּיRomanization: itay
Itai (Hebrew: איתי) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 40,145 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 743 boys and ranked #25. Its peak year was 2011, with 1,742 babies.
- People in Israel
- 40,145
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 743
- rank #25
- Peak year
- 2011
- 1,742 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Itai
In Hebrew letters the name is איתי, read right to left. Itai 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 "itay" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Itai and Itay
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Itai 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 Itai
How do you write Itai in Hebrew?
Itai is written איתי in Hebrew (with vowel points: אִיתַּי). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "itay".
How many people in Israel are named Itai?
40,145 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name איתי: 91 women and 40,054 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 Itai a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.8% of the people named איתי are men.
What does the name Itai mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Itai and Itay"
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.