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 [ syll. mes-hac(h), me-sha-ch ] The boy name Meshach is pronounced MEH-SHAECH- KEY. Meshach is of Babylonian origin. Biblical name: Meshach's meaning is 'who is what Aku is?'. The meaning refers to Aku, the Babylonian moon god. In a biblical account of the Book of Daniel, the three young men Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into a fiery furnace for defying King Nebuchadnezzar's order for them to worship a pagan idol. They subsequently walked out of the flames unscathed. Meshach's original Hebraic name was Mishael. Meshach is not popular as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Meshach include Machas (Polish), Maciek (Polish), Mackey (English, Irish, and Scottish), Mackie (English), Maco (Hungarian), Mahesh (Indian), Mahkah (Siouan), Maka, Makis (Greek), Makszi (Hungarian), Manchu, Manco, Mango (Spanish), Mansa, Manus (Irish), Manzo, Masaichi (Japanese), Masao (Japanese), Maska, and Maso (Italian). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Meshach: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)"   |
