Entry № 11939 · Persian origin

Zeresh Zeresh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ZEH-resh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Gold (Haman's wife)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "gold (haman's wife)".

Zeresh (זֶרֶשׁ) is likely from the Persian zaresha (gold). In Esther 5:14, Zeresh was the wife of Haman the Agagite, who counseled him to build the fifty-cubit gallows on which he intended to hang Mordecai — on which Haman himself was eventually hanged.

Featured in the Purim narrative.

Gold. Haman's wife who advised the gallows.

The name in its native script.

זֶרֶשׁ
Transliteration
Zereš
Pronunciation
/ ˈzɛ.rɛʃ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Zeresh stands.

Zeresh 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.

Zereshs before her.

Real people
Zeresh
Haman's wife.
In fiction
Zeresh
Esther 5:14.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Zeresh.

The number behind Zeresh.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Zeresh reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.