Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical Hebrew
Meaning & History
Kishi (also Kushaiah) is a figure in the Old Testament. 1 Chronicles 6:44 states Kishi is a Merarite, and the father of the ancestor of Ethan the minstrel.
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Usage Japanese
Scripts 岸(Japanese Kanji) きし(Japanese Hiragana) キシ(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
This name is used as 岸 (gan, kishi) meaning "beach."It's not known how popular Kishi was in the early and middle part of the Edo period (1603-1868) but it was slightly uncommon in the latter part of that period and most of the Meiji period (1868-1912) before becoming rare in the 1900s.
Meaning & History
Name that was given during the Hēan Period, to an Empress Consort, 藤原 嬉子 FUJIWARANOKISHI, married to 亀山天皇 KAMEYAMA the Japanese Emperor Kameyama. The Kanji Character 嬉 meaning "Happy" with the Kanji Character 子 meaning "Child". It could also be called Kiko. See also Shōshi, Kenshi, Ishi, Kanshi, Sonshi.