Birsha as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Birsha

What is the meaning of the name Birsha ?

The baby name Birsha is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BIR-sha (IPA: /ˈbɪrʃə/ or /ˈbɪrʃɑː/).

Birsha is in Origin.

Birsha is a rare male name of West Semitic (Hebrew) origin, recorded in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 14) as the king of Gomorrah who joined the southern coalition against Chedorlaomer. Outside this passage it has no independent attestations and has never developed regular use in Jewish or Christian naming, remaining a scholarly and devotional curiosity revived only occasionally by biblical-name enthusiasts.

The form likely reflects Hebrew birsha‘, built from the preposition bi- (“in/with”) plus resha‘ (“wickedness”), yielding the sense “in wickedness” or “with wickedness.” Many interpreters view it as a deliberate wordplay befitting Gomorrah’s reputation rather than a conventional personal name. Transliterations and variants include Birsha (standard English), Birshaʿ or Birša (scholarly), Birscha (German), and Birsa/Bersa in some Greek and Latin biblical traditions. No established feminine counterpart exists; usage today is extremely uncommon.

⚙ Birsha is a rare name. It doesn't appear in any of the major national birth registries we track; we found only 36 recorded uses across 8 countries. Expect very few children to share this name.