Kish as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kish

What is the meaning of the name Kish ?

The baby name Kish is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /kɪʃ/ (kish, rhymes with 'fish').

Kish is Hebrew, Hindi, Sanskrit in Origin.

Kish is a compact name with multiple roots. In the Hebrew Bible (Qīš, קִישׁ), it identifies several men, most notably the father of King Saul of Benjamin (1 Samuel; 1 Chronicles), which made it a traditional masculine given name among Jews and later Christians. Antiquarians also recognize Kish as the name of an ancient Mesopotamian city, a connection that occasionally lends the name an antiquity-flavored appeal in English use.

Its Hebrew etymology is debated; scholars variously connect it to roots meaning “snare/ensnare” or “bow,” and some treat it as of uncertain sense. In South Asia, however, Kish commonly functions as a clipped form of Krishna-based names - Kishan/Kishen or Kishore - thereby carrying the devotional meaning “Krishna” (“dark, black; the all-attractive”). Variants and related forms include Qish (transliteration), Kishan, Kishen, Kishin, and Kishore; short forms such as Kish are sometimes used unisex in modern English, though the Biblical bearer is male.