Avishai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-vee-SHY
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Avishai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my father is a gift”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Avishai mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Abishai
“my father is a gift”
Abishai, in Hebrew Avishai, was a nephew of King David and one of his leading warriors.
Is Avishai a girl's or a boy's name?
Avishai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avishai in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 5 boys.
Avishai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Avishai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Avishai, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had fewer boys named Avishai than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Avishai in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Avishai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Nicknames for Avishai
- Avi 65 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Avishai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Avi Aviraj Avyaan Shivansh Advik Krishiv Vihaan Yuvraj Ivaan Aveer Veer
Names related to Avishai
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Avishai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avishai, updated 20 October 2026.