Eshe

Eshe is a girl name of Swahili origin, meaning Life.

What Eshe means

Life.

Eshe is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.

Where Eshe comes from

Swahili names reflect East African, Arabic, and Bantu influences, and many mark the circumstances of a birth — the day, the season, or the family's situation at the time.

Eshe is recorded as Swahili in origin. Browse other Swahili names.

How popular is Eshe?

You will not find Eshe in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.

The character of Eshe

Eshe sits in our Life group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.

Themes: Life

Names like Eshe

These share Eshe's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

  • Asha — Life; hope.
  • Evelyn — Wished-for child; life.
  • Ava — Life, bird, living one.
  • Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
  • Eabha — Life; the living one.
  • Embla — Elm; the first woman.
  • Enid — Soul; life; purity.
  • Eve — Life; the living one.
  • Zoe — Life.
  • Aisha — Alive; living.
  • Aiyana — Eternal blossom.
  • Anastasia — Resurrection; rebirth.

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