The baby name Kash is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /kæʃ/ ("KASH").
The baby name Kash is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /kæʃ/ ("KASH").
Kash is Arabic, Persian in Origin.
Kash is a modern given name in English, most often a streamlined respelling of Cash. In that line, its meaning follows the English word “cash,” ultimately from French caisse and Latin capsa, evoking money or ready funds. In multicultural use, Kash also serves as a nickname for Akash/Aakash (Sanskrit for “sky, open space”) and for the Arabic name Kashif (“discoverer, revealer”), and sometimes as a clipped form of Kashmir.
Usage grew in the United States from the late 1990s and surged in the 2010s alongside word-names and sleek K-spellings. The name skews masculine but appears occasionally as unisex. Variants and related forms include Cash and Kasch; longer connections include Akash/Aakash, Kashif, and Kashmir. Informal diminutives such as Kashy occur. Cultural associations range from financial savvy to airy, skyward imagery, depending on the chosen etymological path.
| Kashtiliash III Kashtiliash III was a possible Kassite king of Babylonia, best known from ancient Mesopotamian king lists and chronicles rather than surviving records of his reign. He is mentioned in the Assyrian Synchronistic King List, a copy of a monumental inscription, genealogical records, and the Chronicle of Early Kings, and is placed in the 15th century BC under the Short Chronology. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FJ | Boys | 0 | #17 | 1 | 603 |
| BW | 0 | #19 | 1 | 960 | |
| NA | 0 | #33 | 1 | 2,537 | |
| BI | Boys | 0 | #44 | 1 | 917 |
| IN | 0 | #70 | 2 | 2,963 | |
| JM | 0 | #93 | 1 | 3,714 | |
| SD | 0 | #102 | 1 | 2,130 | |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| PH | 0 | #109 | 2 | 5,607 | |
| OM | 0 | #120 | 2 | 6,215 | |
| IQ | 0 | #133 | 1 | 3,533 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #138 | 2 | 6,332 |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| GH | 0 | #245 | 4 | 5,396 | |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #249 | 1 | 6,293 |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #253 | 54 | 2,588 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #263 | 10 | 6,876 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #263 | 1 | 7,056 |
| NG | 0 | #271 | 2 | 5,926 | |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #272 | 1,141 | 7,044 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #274 | 5 | 7,507 |
| SG | 0 | #275 | 8 | 11,010 | |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| SA | 0 | #307 | 6 | 10,560 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #327 | 5 | 9,639 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #335 | 3 | 6,973 |
| GT | 0 | #338 | 1 | 5,948 | |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #345 | 13 | 8,477 |
| MY | 0 | #347 | 8 | 12,352 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #354 | 8 | 8,138 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #356 | 3 | 7,678 |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #358 | 5 | 8,539 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #361 | 26 | 8,413 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| YE | 0 | #396 | 3 | 8,639 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #407 | 2 | 11,440 |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #421 | 4 | 15,987 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #421 | 25 | 10,523 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #428 | 2 | 13,098 |
| MX | 0 | #445 | 1 | 8,339 | |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #470 | 2 | 7,952 |
| ZA | 0 | #470 | 5 | 14,421 | |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #491 | 14 | 11,303 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #492 | 8 | 7,625 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #509 | 2 | 10,188 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #514 | 14 | 12,905 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #518 | 1 | 9,861 |
| LY | 0 | #523 | 13 | 12,703 | |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #541 | 13 | 20,968 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #541 | 1 | 7,500 |
| BH | 0 | #544 | 10 | 17,937 | |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #556 | 6 | 19,177 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #564 | 2 | 10,162 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #565 | 12 | 10,045 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #626 | 7 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #649 | 2 | 16,104 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #653 | 2 | 13,121 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #676 | 22 | 17,960 |
| LB | 0 | #689 | 2 | 13,263 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #691 | 7 | 13,071 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #691 | 17 | 18,093 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #758 | 12 | 18,755 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #772 | 15 | 15,093 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #864 | 18 | 17,948 |
| TN | 0 | #864 | 2 | 13,765 | |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #875 | 12 | 15,035 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #901 | 16 | 8,487 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #910 | 26 | 25,931 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #914 | 38 | 16,906 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #958 | 37 | 24,821 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #968 | 34 | 16,750 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,000 | 112 | 25,439 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,007 | 3 | 14,742 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,028 | 6 | 16,355 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,030 | 63 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,120 | 22 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,150 | 29 | 25,619 |
| MA | 0 | #1,198 | 2 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,230 | 5 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,251 | 4 | 19,440 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,261 | 7 | 17,781 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,454 | 18 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,502 | 113 | 28,008 |
Kash is popular in 54 countries — most recent births per country:
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