# Meshach (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/meshach/  
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 | “sheep”, “ram” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmi.ʃæk/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Misac, Misach, Mishak |
| US babies named this | 572 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 572 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 128, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew מישך (myšk /⁠mēšak⁠/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *mayšáh (“sheep, ram”) with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.

## What it means

Meshach is grouped under lamb.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 12 | 7,098 |
| 2010 | 14 | 6,264 |
| 2011 | 12 | 6,869 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,543 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,343 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,198 |
| 2016 | 19 | 5,072 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,970 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6,987 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,645 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,508 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,561 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,810 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,370 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,331 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Միսակ

## People named Meshach

- Meshach Taylor, American actor (1947–2014)

## 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.