Hershy
A boys’ name of Yiddish origin, meaning deer; a Yiddish diminutive form of Hershel.
Hershy by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Hershy. In the US, 43 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hershy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a deer
Like Hershy, 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 Hershy
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