Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: rising
YiskaIn Hebrew: יסכה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: יִסְכָּהRomanization: Yiská
Yiska (Hebrew: יסכה) is a girl's name of biblical origin. 3,572 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 220 girls and ranked #90. Its peak year was 2024, with 220 babies.
- People in Israel
- 3,572
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 220
- rank #90
- Peak year
- 2024
- 220 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Yiska
In Hebrew letters the name is יסכה, read right to left. Yiska is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "Yiská" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Iscah, sister of Lot
- a female given name, equivalent to English Jessica
Uncertain; according to Rabbinic Judaism (Megillah 14a:13, Rashi) the name mentioned in Genesis refers to Sarah and derives from the verb סָכָה (sakhá, “to look, see”), thus in one word pointing out that she was a prophetess and that everyone gazed at her beauty. Alternatively sharing its root with the biblical hapax legomenon יָסַךְ (yasákh, “to pour”) in Exodus 30:32.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Yiska 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
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Yiska
How do you write Yiska in Hebrew?
Yiska is written יסכה in Hebrew (with vowel points: יִסְכָּה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "Yiská".
How many people in Israel are named Yiska?
3,572 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name יסכה: 3,572 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 Yiska a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named יסכה are women.
What does the name Yiska mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Iscah, sister of Lot" Etymology: Uncertain; according to Rabbinic Judaism (Megillah 14a:13, Rashi) the name mentioned in Genesis refers to Sarah and derives from the verb סָכָה (sakhá, “to look, see”), thus in one word pointing out that she was a prophetess and that everyone gazed at her beauty. Alternatively sharing its root with the biblical hapax legomenon יָסַךְ (yasákh, “to pour”) in Exodus 30:32.
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.