Browse Names

This is a list of names in which the gender is feminine; and the pattern is *sh.
gender
usage
pattern
Aberash f Amharic
Means "giving off light, shining" in Amharic.
Ailish f Irish
Anglicized form of Ailís.
Anoush f Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Անուշ (see Anush).
Anush f Armenian
Means "sweet" in Armenian. This was the name of an 1890 novel by the Armenia writer Hovhannes Tumanyan. It was adapted into an opera in 1912 by Armen Tigranian.
Ash m & f English
Short form of Ashley. It can also come directly from the English word denoting either the tree or the residue of fire.
Behnoosh f Persian
From Persian به (beh) meaning "good, excellent" and نوش (nūsh) meaning "ambrosia, nectar".
Behnoush f Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian بهنوش (see Behnoosh).
Cherish f English
From the English word meaning "to treasure".
Chodesh f Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Hodesh.
Eilish f Irish
Anglicized form of Eilís.
Etenesh f Amharic
Means "you are my sister" in Amharic.
Hodesh f Biblical
Means "new moon, month" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this is the wife of Shaharaim.
Mahvash f Persian
Means "moon-like" in Persian.
Mokosh f Slavic Mythology
Derived from the Old Slavic root mok meaning "wet, moist". Mokosh was a Slavic goddess associated with weaving, women, water and fertility.
Santosh m & f Hindi, Marathi, Odia, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, Urdu, Malayalam, Telugu
From Sanskrit संतोष (saṃtoṣa) meaning "satisfaction, contentment".
Siranush f Armenian
Means "lovely" in Armenian.
Trish f English
Short form of Patricia.
Werknesh f Amharic
Alternate transcription of Amharic ወርቅነሽ (see Worknesh).
Worknesh f Amharic
Feminine form of Workneh.
Zeresh f Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Meaning unknown, probably of Persian origin. In the Book of Esther in the Old Testament she is the wife of Haman the Agagite.