Given name & surname · also Arabic
Itani
Itani is a surname from Arabic, ultimately from Japanese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Itani comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Japanese.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2024. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Itani through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 6 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 girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 757 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Itani’s family of names
In Greek usage, Itani as a surname is a transliteration of Ιτάνη. In Greek usage, Itani as a surname is a transliteration of Ιτανί.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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