Given name & surname

Yesh

Yesh is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Yesh isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Yesh through the years

Babies since 1880
10
10 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2000
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012320002025Highest share 20000.0
Yesh in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2000–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 189 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.

Similar names

If you love Yesh, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Anterious

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Ayumu

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Eldrich

“an old, wise ruler”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Austun

“one who is venerable; majestic”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Issaih

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Antwaan

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Aurash

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Akiel

0Not recently recordedRising fast

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Yesh’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Yesh