Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: rising
PesakhIn Hebrew: פסח · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: פֶּסַחRomanization: pésakh
Pesakh (Hebrew: פסח) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 728 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 18 boys and ranked #497. Its peak year was 1949, with 26 babies.
- People in Israel
- 728
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 18
- rank #497
- Peak year
- 1949
- 26 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Pesakh
In Hebrew letters the name is פסח, read right to left. Pesakh is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "pésakh" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Passover (Jewish feast / festival / holiday)
- a male given name, Pesach and Pesah, equivalent to English Pascal
Compare Akkadian 𒉺𒊓𒄴 / 𒉺𒊓𒄷 (passahu, “soothe, make soft”) and Arabic فَسَخَ (fasaḵa, “to annul”). Doublet of פַּסְחָא.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Pesakh by year in Israel
How many boys 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).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Pesakh
How do you write Pesakh in Hebrew?
Pesakh is written פסח in Hebrew (with vowel points: פֶּסַח). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "pésakh".
How many people in Israel are named Pesakh?
728 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name פסח: 0 women and 728 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 Pesakh a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named פסח are men.
What does the name Pesakh mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Passover (Jewish feast / festival / holiday)" Etymology: Compare Akkadian 𒉺𒊓𒄴 / 𒉺𒊓𒄷 (passahu, “soothe, make soft”) and Arabic فَسَخَ (fasaḵa, “to annul”). Doublet of פַּסְחָא.
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.