Yishai - Meaning of Yishai

What does Yishai mean?

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Yishai

[ 3 syll. yi-(s)hai, yis-h-ai ] The baby boy name Yishai is pronounced as Yiy-SHEYHHIY †. Yishai's origin, as well as its use, is in the Hebrew language. Yishai is a variation of the name Jesse (English and German).

See also the related category hebrew.

Yishai is unusual as a baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000. Out of the family of boy names directly linked to Yishai, Jesse was the most commonly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Yishai include Yaasai (Hebrew), Yasuji (Japanese), Yasuo (Japanese), Yasushi (Japanese), Yasuzo (Japanese), Yeghia (Armenian), Yesha'ya (Hebrew), Yeshaia (Hebrew), Yeshaiah (English), Yeshaya, Yeshua (Hebrew and Yiddish), Yogee, Yogi (English), Yoshiki (Japanese), Yoshio (Japanese), Yoshiya (Hebrew), Yoshua (English), Yosuke (Japanese), Yukiko (Japanese), and Yukio (Japanese).

† English pronunciation for Yishai: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)"