Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: hardly given today
ShabtayIn Hebrew: שבתאי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: שַׁבְּתַאיRomanization: shabtáy
Shabtay (Hebrew: שבתאי) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 1,531 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1955, with 70 babies.
- People in Israel
- 1,531
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1955
- 70 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Shabtay
In Hebrew letters the name is שבתאי, read right to left. Shabtay is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "shabtáy" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Saturn
- a male given name
From שבת (“Sabbath, Shabbat, Saturday”). The Hebrew name of the planet is derived from the name of the day of the week, ultimately through analogy with the Roman name for Saturday, which is still named after the Roman god Saturn in some European languages. Originally in Latin the sixth day of the week (seventh in Jewish tradition) was dedicated to the god Saturn (see dies Saturni), but after the Christianization…
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Shabtay 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 Shabtay
How do you write Shabtay in Hebrew?
Shabtay is written שבתאי in Hebrew (with vowel points: שַׁבְּתַאי). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "shabtáy".
How many people in Israel are named Shabtay?
1,531 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שבתאי: 0 women and 1,531 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 Shabtay a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named שבתאי are men.
What does the name Shabtay mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Saturn" Etymology: From שבת (“Sabbath, Shabbat, Saturday”). The Hebrew name of the planet is derived from the name of the day of the week, ultimately through analogy with the Roman name for Saturday, which is still named after the Roman god Saturn in some European languages. Originally in Latin the sixth day of the week (seventh in Jewish tradition) was dedicated to the god Saturn (see dies Saturni), but after the Christianization…
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.