Yeshi: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Yeshi – Meaning: for thousands (a longevity wish-name) – Origin: Amharic – Gender: Girl


Yeshi is an Amharic girl's name meaning “for thousands (a longevity wish-name)”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Yeshi

Meaning: For thousands (a longevity wish-name).

Origin: Amharic.

A common claim: God saves, substitute Actually: This gloss looks like a conflation with the unrelated name Yeshua/Jesus ('God saves'); the literal Amharic root of Yeshi is 'thousand', not a salvation root.

Popularity of Yeshi

Yeshi doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

Lists That Include Yeshi

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