Given name
Amitai
“one who is truthful”
Amitai is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is truthful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is truthful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amitai through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 189
- 189 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,704 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +42%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,704 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 209 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amitai’s family of names
Amitai has a related form in Amity. Amitai has a related form in Amitae. Amitai has a related form in Amitay.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Amityvariant
- Ammitailikely variant
- Amiteavariant
- Amiteevariant
- Amiteyvariant
- Amitievariant
- Amitaevariant
- Amitayevariant
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