Yishai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yee-SHY
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,512 for boys
Yishai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Yishai mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Jesse
“gift”
Yishai is the Hebrew form of Jesse, the father of King David in the Bible.
Is Yishai a girl's or a boy's name?
Yishai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yishai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Yishai, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yishai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Yishai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Yishai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,512among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Yishai, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had the most boys named Yishai of any year since it first appeared, in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Yishai in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yishai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Yishai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf Yahya Musa Yunus Ayaan Bodhi Ibrahim Zakariya Yaqub Muhammad Eesa Rayyan
Names related to Yishai
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, “Yishai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yishai, updated 20 October 2026.