# Gershom (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gershom/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “gershom” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 212 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 212 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew גֵּרְשֹׁם (gershóm, “Gershom”), found in Exodus.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 12,043 |
| 2006 | 12 | 6,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,193 |
| 2010 | 10 | 7,774 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,898 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,774 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,185 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,024 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,187 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,124 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,796 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,114 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,087 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,389 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,666 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: गेर्शोम
- Portuguese: Gérson, Gerson

## People named Gershom

- Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli philosopher (1897–1982)
- W. G. Collingwood, English author, artist, antiquary and professor of Fine Arts (1854–1932)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.