Entry № 9383 · Hungarian origin

Senesh Senesh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SEH-nesh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hungarian
Meaning
"Hungarian-Jewish poet-paratrooper (executed by Nazis at 23)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Hungarian)

A name that means "hungarian-jewish poet-paratrooper (executed by nazis at 23)".

Senesh is the Hungarian surname. Captured by Hungarian Gendarmes, tortured but refusing to give up her radio codes, she was executed by firing squad in Budapest at 23.

Buried on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem; her poems are sung at Yom HaShoah ceremonies worldwide.

Hungarian-Jewish poet-paratrooper (executed by Nazis at 23) — a Hungarian name.

The name in its native script.

סנש
Transliteration
Senesh
Pronunciation
/ ˈsɛn.ɛʃ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Senesh stands.

Senesh does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Seneshs before her.

Real people
Hannah Senesh
Hungarian-Jewish poet-paratrooper.
1921 – 1944
In fiction
Senesh
Hannah's Diary.

Names connected to Senesh.

The number behind Senesh.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Senesh reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.