Given name
Amnon
“faithful”
Amnon is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “faithful.”
Original Hebrewאמנון
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “faithful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb 'aman (אמן), “to confirm or support.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2021. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Amnon appears in 2 Samuel 3:2, 2 Samuel 13:20, 2 Samuel 13:1.
- 2 Samuel 3:2
- 2 Samuel 13:20
- 2 Samuel 13:1
From biblical name research
Amnon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 312 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 8
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Amnon
- Amnon Lipkin-Shahak15th Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1944–2012)
- Amnon RubinsteinIsraeli politician (1931–2024)
- Amnon YarivAmerican electrical engineerborn 1930
- Amnon CohenIsraeli politicianborn 1960
- Amnon Yitzhakborn 1953
- Amnon Ben-TorIsraeli archaeologist (1935-2023)
- Amnon LordIsraeli journalistborn 1952
- Amnon FreidbergIsraeli entomologist (1945–2020)
- Amnon LinnIsraeli politician1924–2016
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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