Entry № 4333 · Hebrew origin

Hodesh Hodesh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HOH-desh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"New moon (1 Chronicles)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "new moon (1 chronicles)".

Hodesh (חֹדֶשׁ) means "new moon" or "month" in Hebrew. In 1 Chronicles 8:9, Hodesh was a wife of Shaharaim of the tribe of Benjamin — mentioned with her seven sons born in Moab.

Among the most obscure biblical women's names.

New moon. The Benjaminite wife of Shaharaim.

The name in its native script.

חֹדֶשׁ
Transliteration
Ḥōḏeš
Pronunciation
/ ˈhoʊ.dɛʃ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hodesh stands.

Hodesh 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.

Hodeshs before her.

Real people
Hodesh
Shaharaim's wife.
In fiction
Hodesh
1 Chronicles 8:9.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Hodesh.

The number behind Hodesh.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hodesh reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.