Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: hardly given today
ShoshiIn Hebrew: שושי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
Shoshi (Hebrew: שושי) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 523 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1964, with 18 babies.
- People in Israel
- 523
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1964
- 18 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Shoshi
In Hebrew letters the name is שושי, read right to left. Shoshi is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; 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.
Shoshi 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).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Questions about Shoshi
How do you write Shoshi in Hebrew?
Shoshi is written שושי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Shoshi?
523 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שושי: 523 women and 0 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 Shoshi a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named שושי 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.