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Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady

NetanelIn Hebrew: נתנאל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: נְתַנְאֵל

Netanel (Hebrew: נתנאל) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 22,389 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 385 boys and ranked #49. Its peak year was 1989, with 647 babies.

People in Israel
22,389
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
385
rank #49
Peak year
1989
647 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Netanel

In Hebrew letters the name is נתנאל, read right to left. Netanel 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.

Netanel 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).

Netanel: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Questions about Netanel

How do you write Netanel in Hebrew?

Netanel is written נתנאל in Hebrew (with vowel points: נְתַנְאֵל). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Netanel?

22,389 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name נתנאל: 57 women and 22,332 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 Netanel a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.7% of the people named נתנאל 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.