Iscah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Iscah

What is the meaning of the name Iscah ?

The baby name Iscah is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IS-kah (IPA: /ˈɪskə/).

Iscah is Hebrew in Origin.

Iscah is a feminine name from Biblical Hebrew Yiskah (יסכה), found in Genesis 11:29 as the daughter of Haran and niece of Abraham. The name likely derives from the Hebrew root s-k-h, “to see” or “to gaze,” yielding meanings such as “foresight,” “one who beholds,” or “vision.” Rabbinic tradition sometimes identifies Iscah with Sarai/Sarah, interpreting the name as a hint of prophetic insight and noted beauty.

Despite its deep scriptural pedigree, Iscah has been rarely used across Jewish and Christian naming, overshadowed by related figures. Variant forms include Yiskah, Iskah, Jesca, and Jiska (in some European languages). Most scholars connect Shakespeare’s coinage Jessica in The Merchant of Venice to Iscah via earlier biblical forms such as Jesca/Jescha, a pathway that made the underlying Hebrew name influential by proxy. Today Iscah/Yiskah remains an uncommon, antique choice with luminous meaning and strong biblical resonance.

⚙ Iscah is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Iscah appears only 4 times in total — found in 4 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.