Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: falling
NetaIn Hebrew: נטע · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: נֶטַעRomanization: néta
Neta (Hebrew: נטע) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 16,150 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 288 girls and ranked #65. Its peak year was 2024, with 564 babies.
- People in Israel
- 16,150
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 288
- rank #65
- Peak year
- 2024
- 564 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Neta
In Hebrew letters the name is נטע, read right to left. Neta 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 "néta" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male or female given name, Netta and Neta
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Neta by year in Israel
How many girls 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 Neta
How do you write Neta in Hebrew?
Neta is written נטע in Hebrew (with vowel points: נֶטַע). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "néta".
How many people in Israel are named Neta?
16,150 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name נטע: 13,916 women and 2,234 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 Neta a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 86.2% of the people named נטע are women.
What does the name Neta mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male or female given name, Netta and Neta"
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.