Given name & surname
Hersch
“resembling a deer”
Hersch is a variant of Hershel. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a deer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hersch is a variant of Hershel. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a deer.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hersch through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 12 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 939 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hersch’s family of names
In English usage, Hersch has a surname derivative in HERSHKOWITZ. Hersch has a related form in Hershel. In German usage, Hersch as a surname has a related form in Hirsch.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hersch
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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