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Isaiah

Isaiah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Yahweh is salvation”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
eye-ZAY-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys

Biblical name from Hebrew Yeshayahu. It was borne by the major prophet Isaiah in the Old Testament.

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How popular is Isaiah?

20241,581 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Isaiah in 20245,262

2024 rank#56 boys

Peak year2006

Total US babies since 1880249,316

Isaiah has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Isaiah

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • IzaiahYahweh is salvation · Hebrew
  • Isaigift · Hebrew
  • IsiahYahweh is salvation · Hebrew
  • EsaiGod is salvation · Hebrew
  • IzayahYahweh is salvation · Hebrew
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew

Isaiah questions

What does the name Isaiah mean?

Isaiah means "Yahweh is salvation". It comes from Hebrew. Biblical name from Hebrew Yeshayahu. It was borne by the major prophet Isaiah in the Old Testament.

Is Isaiah a boy or girl name?

Isaiah is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Isaiah?

5,262 US babies were named Isaiah in 2024. Its peak year was 2006.

How do you pronounce Isaiah?

Isaiah is usually pronounced eye-ZAY-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.