Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
YissacharIn Hebrew: יששכר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: יִשָּׂשכָרRomanization: yisakhár
Yissachar (Hebrew: יששכר) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 1,609 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 36 boys and ranked #348. Its peak year was 2011, with 53 babies.
- People in Israel
- 1,609
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 36
- rank #348
- Peak year
- 2011
- 53 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Yissachar
In Hebrew letters the name is יששכר, read right to left. Yissachar 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 "yisakhár" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Issachar (ninth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah)
- Issachar (one of the Israelite tribes, descended from Issachar)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Issachar
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Yissachar 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
Questions about Yissachar
How do you write Yissachar in Hebrew?
Yissachar is written יששכר in Hebrew (with vowel points: יִשָּׂשכָר). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "yisakhár".
How many people in Israel are named Yissachar?
1,609 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name יששכר: 0 women and 1,609 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 Yissachar a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named יששכר are men.
What does the name Yissachar mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Issachar (ninth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah)"
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.