Hersh
A boys’ name of Yiddish origin, meaning deer; Yiddish diminutive form.
Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Hersh by the numbers
Hersh was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 37 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hersh. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hershydeer; a Yiddish diminutive form of Hershel43 in the US (2017)
- Harshjoy, happiness, delight10 in the US (2017)
- Hershi4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Heathdweller on the heath or moorland61 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hersheldeer; a form of Hirsch34 in the US (2017)
- Heronwading bird; from heros hero6 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a deer
Like Hersh, each of these has a deer in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oscardeer lover; God's spear2,798 in England and Wales (2025)
- Devindescendant of Damhán; fawn-like1,132 in the US (2017)
- Devynfawn-like; a modern respelling of Devin313 in the US (2017)
- Raleighdeer meadow or clearing235 in the US (2017)
- Osianlittle deer; a form of Oisín165 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hartleyhart meadow; deer clearing157 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hersh
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