At a Glance
- Meaning
- For thousands (a longevity wish-name)
- Origin
- Amharic
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- YEH-shee
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.
How to Pronounce Yeshi
YEH-sheeIPA /ˈjɛʃi/
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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