Surname

Netanjahu

Netanjahu is a surname from Hebrew. It is used in German and Serbo-Croatian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Netanjahu comes from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hebrew נְתַנְיָהוּ (n'tanyáhu).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Netanjahu’s family of names

In German usage, Netanjahu as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form NETANYAHU. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Netanjahu as a surname has a related form in NETANYAHU. In German usage, Netanjahu as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 內塔尼亞胡.

Walk Netanjahu’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Netanjahu has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.

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2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

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.

Similar names

If you love Netanjahu, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew

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“consolation of Yahweh”

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77% boys · 23% girls

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“serpent” · “bronze”

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Hebrew · Biblical

Nebaioth

“high places”

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Hebrew

Neftalí

“my struggle”

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Hebrew

Eliphelehu

“may God distinguish him”

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Hebrew

Nephisim

“expansions” · “revivings”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Nahamani

“compassionate” · “he comforts me”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Dodavahu

“beloved of yahu”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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