Eytan
Ethan or Eytan is a male given name of Hebrew origin that means "firm, enduring, strong and long-lived". The name Ethan appears eight times in the Hebrew Bible.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Eytan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ethan or Eytan is a male given name of Hebrew origin that means "firm, enduring, strong and long-lived". The name Ethan appears eight times in the Hebrew Bible.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Eytan
American parents first put Eytan on the record books as a baby boy name in 1980, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 26 Eytans were born — ranking #4,108 that year. About 29% of every Eytan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Eytan ranks #4,735 for baby boys with 21 births, rising sharply (+59% over the past five years). All told, over 479 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Eytan
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About the name Eytan
Eytan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 479 births in the dataset. Eytan's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #4,108. Use the chart and map above to compare Eytan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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