Given name
Ittai
“God is beside me”
Ittai is a variant of Itai. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is beside me.”
Original Hebrewאתי
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ittai is a variant of Itai. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is beside me.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ittai is a variant of Itai. An origin associated with Itai is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Possibly from the Hebrew particle 'et (את), “with, and possibly.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. 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 Ittai appears in 2 Samuel 15:19-22.
From biblical name research
Ittai through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 35 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,085 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,085 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2009.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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