Itay
A Hebrew name meaning "with me", carried by fewer than 400 men in Poland and no one new in recent years. Most Poles will never meet one: a handful of boys got it back in the 2000s, and it has stayed that quiet since.
Itay Pronunciation
Itay is pronounced ee-TAH-ih (/iˈtaɨ/).
What Itay means
Where Itay comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Itay is a Hebrew name, and its short meaning is plain: "with me." The word points outward and inward at once, naming a presence that stays near. In Hebrew the fuller sense often read as God being close, someone at your side rather than at a distance.
The Bible gives the name a face. Ittai the Gittite, a foreigner from Gath, followed King David out of Jerusalem when Absalom seized the throne (2 Samuel 15). David told him to turn back and save himself. Ittai refused, swearing to stand wherever the king stood. His loyalty turned the meaning "with me" into a lived promise.
In Poland the name stays rare, and it keeps its Jewish association without any Polish diminutive to soften it. Read from a school register, Itay lands as itself, four letters and a clear origin. It has no variant forms, no cross-gender twin, nothing to hide behind. What it offers is the sense it began with: with me.
How many people are named Itay
1 in 59460 men in Poland is named Itay. 359 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1583 among male names.
Itay's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Itay as a middle name
Itay is a first name for 359 men in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 98/2 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4274th, between Ishmael (6) and Izuchukwu (6).
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#4272 Isak6
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#4273 Ishmael6
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#4274 Itay6
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#4275 Izuchukwu6
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#4276 İlker6