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StavIn Hebrew: סתיו · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: סְתָוRomanization: s'táv
Stav (Hebrew: סתיו) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 7,277 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 1996, with 387 babies.
- People in Israel
- 7,277
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 17
- rank #525
- Peak year
- 1996
- 387 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Stav
In Hebrew letters the name is סתיו, read right to left. Stav 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 "s'táv" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male or female given name, Stav
Compare Arabic شِتَاء (šitāʔ, “winter”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Stav 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
Questions about Stav
How do you write Stav in Hebrew?
Stav is written סתיו in Hebrew (with vowel points: סְתָו). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "s'táv".
How many people in Israel are named Stav?
7,277 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סתיו: 4,843 women and 2,434 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 Stav a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 67% of the people named סתיו are women and 33% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
What does the name Stav mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male or female given name, Stav" Etymology: Compare Arabic شِتَاء (šitāʔ, “winter”).
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.