Abishai
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A biblical name meaning 'father of a gift', symbolizing loyalty and warrior strength
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Abishai is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Zambia than in any other country.
- ZMZambia≈1 in 26K(inferred from the name graph)
- TZTanzania≈1 in 94K
- GYGuyana1 in 94K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Zambia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 68 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
≈660 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Zambia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A biblical name meaning 'father of a gift', symbolizing loyalty and warrior strength.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Where in the world(measured from records)
Abishai counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZM Zambia | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Abishai | 3 |
| TZ Tanzania | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 94K | — | Abishai | 6 |
| US United States | 292 | 1 in 1.1M | 233 | Abishai | 68 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Abishai | 8 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈70 est. | ≈1 in 803K | — | Abishai | 7 |
| GY Guyana | 8 | 1 in 94K | 8 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Abishai is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Abishalom [Absalom]
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Father of a gift
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Mi padre es un regalo
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 233 | #30,018 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 59 | #30,018 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 25 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 25 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 23 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 20 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 19 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 18 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 18 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 13 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Abishai mean, and where does it come from?
- A biblical name meaning 'father of a gift', symbolizing loyalty and warrior strength. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Abishai a male or female name?
- Abishai is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Abishai?
- In the etymology graph, Abisai and Avishai are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Abishai have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 660 people named Abishai in Zambia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled abishai.
- How common is the name Abishai?
- In the United States, the national register counted 292 people named Abishai in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/abishaiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Abishai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.