Given name & surname
Pesach
“one who has been spared”
Pesach is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who has been spared.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who has been spared.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pesach through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 142
- 142 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,481 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,481 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 197 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pesach’s family of names
Pesach has a related form in Pesache. Pesach has a related form in Pesah. Pesach has a related form in Pessach.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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