Abisai
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Meaning
my father is a gift; the form of Abishai used in Latin, Spanish and Portuguese Bibles
The story
Abisai is the form of Abishai used in the Latin Bible and also found in Spanish and Portuguese Bibles. The Hebrew name means "my father is a gift." In the biblical family tree, he is David’s nephew, the son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab, and he becomes one of David’s leading warriors.
In one episode, Abisai volunteers to enter King Saul’s sleeping camp with David, then offers to kill Saul. David refuses. The pair leave with Saul’s spear and water jug instead.
The spelling is also in use in Brazil: the 2022 census counted 129 residents named Abisai.
How popular is Abisai around the world?
In the United States, Abisai is on the Social Security birth record for 2020 to 2025. In Mexico City, there were 22 registrations of Abisai in 2022.
Abisai is on the official records of the United States, Mexico City, Argentina, Spain and Brazil.
United States
on record
In the United States, Abisai is on the Social Security birth record for 2020 to 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Abisai peaked in the 2010s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Mexico City City
1 in 5,300
In Mexico City, there were 22 registrations of Abisai in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Argentina
1 in 74,000
In Argentina, 9 newborns were given the name Abisai in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Spain
1 in 920,000
In Spain, 49 residents are named Abisai, ranked 14,630th among men, with a mean age of 22.3 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Brazil
1 in 1M
At the 2022 census, 129 people in Brazil were named Abisai, ranked 34,464th, with a median age of 24.
Among people named Abisai living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Puerto Rico
last on record 2021
Abisai is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 32 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
Not on the record in England and Wales, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Scotland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
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