Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
OsnatIn Hebrew: אסנת · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אָסְנַתRomanization: osnát
Osnat (Hebrew: אסנת) is a girl's name of biblical origin. 5,208 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 17 girls and ranked #525. Its peak year was 1968, with 237 babies.
- People in Israel
- 5,208
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 17
- rank #525
- Peak year
- 1968
- 237 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Osnat
In Hebrew letters the name is אסנת, read right to left. Osnat 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 "osnát" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Asenath (an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph, son of Jacob, to be his wife, and who bore him two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim)
- a female given name
Egyptian in origin. Reconstructed as js (“that, for”) + .w (third person pronoun) + n (“of”) + nt (“Neith”), producing "belonging to Neith."
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Osnat 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 Osnat
How do you write Osnat in Hebrew?
Osnat is written אסנת in Hebrew (with vowel points: אָסְנַת). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "osnát".
How many people in Israel are named Osnat?
5,208 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אסנת: 5,208 women and 0 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 Osnat a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named אסנת are women.
What does the name Osnat mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Asenath (an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph, son of Jacob, to be his wife, and who bore him two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim)" Etymology: Egyptian in origin. Reconstructed as js (“that, for”) + .w (third person pronoun) + n (“of”) + nt (“Neith”), producing "belonging to Neith."
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.