Netanyahu

Borrowed from Hebrew נְתַנְיָהוּ (n'tanyáhu). Doublet of Nethaniah.

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɛtənˈjɑːhuː/

Netanyahu (plural Netanyahus)

1. A surname from Hebrew, most notably borne by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
   • 2009 October 1, “Answering Iran’s Nuclear Challenge”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 June 2022:

     For it would surely improve the domestic standing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an unbudgeable hawk, and thereby indefinitely delay peace on that Middle Eastern front.

   • 2013 May 7, “Netanyahu: Jewish people capable of own defense”, in AP News‎^[2], archived from the original on 25 May 2022:

     On Tuesday, Netanyahu and his wife toured Shanghai’s Ohel Moshe synagogue in the Hongkou district that was home to many of the 18,000 Jews granted refuge in Shanghai from the horrors of Nazi persecution.

   • 2025 October 22, Vera Bergengruen, “A Parade of Senior U.S. Officials Descends on Israel for ‘Bibisitting’ Duty”, in The Wall Street Journal‎^[3], →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 October 2025:

     It was Netanyahu himself who popularized the term “Bibisitter” in a 2015 election ad. “You ordered a babysitter. You got a Bibisitter,” Netanyahu tells parents after arriving at their door.

• Netañaju

Borrowed from Hebrew נְתַנְיָהוּ (n'tanyáhu).

• IPA^(key): /netaˈɲaxu/ [ne.t̪aˈɲa.xu]
• Rhymes: -axu
• Syllabification: Ne‧tan‧yahu

Netanyahu m

1. a male surname from Hebrew