Rhesa as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Rhesa

What is the meaning of the name Rhesa ?

The baby name Rhesa is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced REE-suh (IPA: /ˈriːsə/).

Rhesa is Welsh in Origin.

Rhesa is a biblical name transmitted through the Greek New Testament (Ῥησά), commonly interpreted as deriving from Aramaic rēšā, meaning “head,” “chief,” or “prince.” It appears in Luke 3:27 within the genealogy of Jesus as a descendant of Zerubbabel. Many scholars note that Rhesa may originally have been an honorific - “the prince” - that entered the genealogy as if it were a personal name, which explains its singular, text-bound occurrence and the lack of an Old Testament counterpart.

English use of Rhesa has been rare, surfacing sporadically in Christian naming where biblical lists supplied unusual given names; it remains uncommon in all languages today. Variant spellings include Resa (reflecting Latinized and transliterated forms) and the Greek form Rhesa; related transliterations occur in Syriac traditions. Do not confuse it with Persian/Arabic Reza, which is etymologically unrelated. The name’s meaning is typically rendered “leader” or “prince.”