Given name
Itamar
“palm island”·“from the island of palms”
Itamar is used as a given name. Interpretations include “palm island” and “from the island of palms” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “palm island” and “from the island of palms” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
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 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Itamar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 326
- 310 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,882 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −34%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,882 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 679 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.
Itamar’s family of names
Itamar has a related form in Ithamar. Itamar has a related form in Itamarr. Itamar has a related form in Ithamarr.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Itamar
- Itamar FrancoBrazilian politician (1930-2011)
- Itamar Ben-GvirIsraeli lawyer and far-right politician (born 1976), Israel's Minister of National Security since 2022
- Itamar EinhornIsraeli cyclistborn 1997
- ItamarBrazilian footballerborn 1980
- Itamar SingerRomanian-born Israeli historian (1946-2012)
- Itamar Vieira JuniorBrazilian writerborn 1979
- Itamar RabinovichIsraeli diplomat and academic (born 1942)
- Itamar NoyIsraeli association football playerborn 2001
- Itamar ProcacciaIsraeli physicistborn 1949
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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