Resheph as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Resheph

What is the meaning of the name Resheph ?

The baby name Resheph is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈrɛʃɛf/ (REH-shef); Hebrew: /reˈʃef/.

Resheph is Semitic in Origin.

Resheph is a rare West Semitic name from the root r-š-p, attested in Ugaritic, Phoenician, and Biblical Hebrew (רֶשֶׁף). The term denotes flame, burning heat, lightning, or a fiery arrow, and by extension fever or plague; several Hebrew Bible passages use reshef poetically for blazing coals or pestilence. As a given name, it carries the evocative sense of “flame” or “fiery one.”

The name belongs to an ancient Near Eastern war-and-plague deity venerated from the Levant to New Kingdom Egypt, where Resheph/Reshpu was invoked as a fierce protector of warriors and horses. Personal use today is extremely uncommon, though it appears in modern Israel, more often as the surname Reshef than as a first name. Variants and scholarly forms include Reshef, Resheph, Reshpu (Egyptian ršpw), and Akkadian Rašap/Rasap. Resheph is typically masculine, though modern usage may be unisex.

⚙ Resheph turns up in none of the birth registries or name datasets we cover. Such a name is generally either rare, regional or traditional, or a brand-new coinage. Either way, it remains a genuinely rare choice.