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Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady

MeshiIn Hebrew: משי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: מֶשִׁי

Meshi (Hebrew: משי) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 2,127 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 65 girls and ranked #246. Its peak year was 2019, with 93 babies.

People in Israel
2,127
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
65
rank #246
Peak year
2019
93 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Meshi

In Hebrew letters the name is משי, read right to left. Meshi is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Meshi by year in Israel

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Meshi: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Questions about Meshi

How do you write Meshi in Hebrew?

Meshi is written משי in Hebrew (with vowel points: מֶשִׁי). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Meshi?

2,127 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name משי: 2,105 women and 22 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Meshi a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.0% of the people named משי are women.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.