Yishai (name)
Yishai ({{Hebrew name|יִשַׁי|Yišay|Yīšáy}}) is a Hebrew given name and surname. It is the origin of the English given name Jesse, and is the original Hebrew name of Jesse father of David.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_dQP4nHgyVUC&pg=PA358|first=Heinrich Walter|last=Guggenheimer|first2=Eva H.|last2=Guggenheimer|title=Jewish Family Names and Their Origins|location=New York|publisher=KTAV Publishing House|year=1992|isbn=0881252972|page=358|access-date=30 August 2020}} The name of the biblical Jesse is also renderered as {{lang|he|אישי}} in 1 Chronicles 2:13. See {{cite Jewish Encyclopedia|first=Morris Jr.|last=Jastrow|title=Asarelah or Asharelah|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1879-asarelah}} Variant spellings include Yishay, Ishay, Yshai, and Yeshay.{{harvnb|Guggenheimer|Guggenheimer|1992|p=358, [https://books.google.com/books?id=_dQP4nHgyVUC&pg=PA847 847]}} There is also a derived patronymic surname Ben-Yishai.{{harvnb|Guggenheimer|Guggenheimer|1992|p=92}}
Given name
- Isai Scheinberg (born {{c.|1946}}), Israeli online gambling entrepreneur
- Ishay Hadas (born 1955), Israeli television producer
- Yishai Beer (born 1956), Israeli Defense Forces general
- Yishay Yafeh (born 1962), Israeli economist
- Yishai Levi (born 1963), Israeli musician
- Yishai Sarid (born 1965), Israel writer and lawyer
- Yishay Garbasz (born 1970), Israeli artist
- Yishai Fleisher (born 1976), Israeli settler in Hebron
- Ishai Golan (born 1973), Israel actor
- Yishai Schlissel (born 1975), Israeli man convicted for murder
- Ishay Berger (born 1978), Israeli musician
- Yishai Romanoff (born 1986), American musician
- Ishay Ribo (born 1989), Israeli singer-songwriter
- Yshai Oliel (born 2000), Israeli tennis player
- Ishai Setton ({{fl.|2002–present}}), American film director
Surname
- Ron Ben-Yishai (born 1943), Israeli journalist
- Galia Yishai (1950–2020), Israeli actress and singer
- Orit Ishay (born 1961), Israeli artist
- Eli Yishai (born 1962), Israeli politician
- Yishai Sarid (born 1965), Israeli novelist
- Ran Ichay (born 1970), Israeli diplomat
- Jeffrey Yishai (born 1975), Israeli footballer
- Melissa Ben-Ishay (born 1984), American cupcake company executive
- Shefi Yishai (born 1954), Israeli composer
- Micheline Ishay (born 1962), American political theorist
- Talia Ishai (born 1994), Israeli musician
- Stephanie Ben-Ishai ({{fl.|2003–present}}), Canadian law professor
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Category:Hebrew masculine given names