Yohai

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Mascara, Morocco; Galipoli; Çanakkale; Turkey; Bonita Springs; New York; Panama; Amsterdam; Buenos Aires

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/joʊaɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Yohai is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 3.6Kas יוחאי(inferred from the name graph)
  • AFAfghanistan≈1 in 140Kas יוחאי
  • YEYemen≈1 in 182Kas יוחאי

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Yohai itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Israel (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,400 named יוחאי, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
63 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Israel, est., as יוחאי

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

YohaiLatin(measured from records)
יוחאיHebrew(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled יוחאי in IL Israel, MA Morocco, NZ New Zealand and 2 more and Yochai in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Mascara, Morocco; Galipoli; Çanakkale; Turkey; Bonita Springs; New York; Panama; Amsterdam; Buenos Aires

Sources 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yohai counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Yohai is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IL Israel#554≈2,400 est.≈1 in 3.6K456יוחאי45
AF Afghanistan—≈260 est.≈1 in 140K—יוחאי3
YE Yemen—≈160 est.≈1 in 182K—יוחאי2
US United States—≈61 est.≈1 in 5.5MlistedYochai63
MA Morocco—≈25 est.≈1 in 1.4M—יוחאי2
NZ New Zealand—≈11 est.≈1 in 435K—יוחאי1
PL Poland—11as Yochai1 in 3.5M11—2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Yohai is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Yohaï

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Yoḥai

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Yohaï, Yoḥai, Yohai͏̈

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Yochai Ben-Nun, b. 1924Yochai Oppenheimer, b. 1958Yochai Benkler, b. 1964Yochai Damri, b. 1965Yochai Ben-Ghedalia, b. 1975Yochai Halevi, b. 1982
  • Yochai Ben-Nunb. 1924ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli military officer (1924–1994)
  • Yochai Oppenheimerb. 1958ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli Hebrew poet, literary scholar
  • Yochai Benklerb. 1964ILnot in their usual nameAmerican legal scholar
  • Yochai Damrib. 1965ILnot in their usual namehead of Har Hebron Regional Council
  • Yochai Ben-Ghedaliab. 1975ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli historian
  • Yochai Halevib. 1982ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli long and triple jumper
  • Yochai BirnbaumUSnot in their usual nameresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-7653-6328

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalשלום Yohai,Hi Yohai, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Yohai
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)20267#14,412
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—6#13,914

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Yohai mean, and where does it come from?
Mascara, Morocco; Galipoli; Çanakkale; Turkey; Bonita Springs; New York; Panama; Amsterdam; Buenos Aires Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
How do you pronounce Yohai?
A machine transcription gives /joʊaɪ/ (IPA) for Hebrew.
Is Yohai a male or female name?
Yohai is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Yohai have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named יוחאי in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Yohai?
In Poland, the national register counted 11 people named Yochai in 2026, about 1 in 3.5 million residents.
How common is Yohai compared with other names?
In Israel, Yohai is the 554th most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yohai” — the 554th most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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