Isaiah - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Isaiah \i-sa

is pronounced eye-ZY-ah. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "salvation of God; the Lord helps me". Biblical: one of the major prophets and writer of the Book of Isaiah. Isais is a Latin form. Basketball player Isiah Thomas.

Isaiah has 8 variant forms: Isa, Isaia, Isais, Isia, Isiah, Issiah, Izaiah and Iziah.

For more information, see also the related name Esias.

Baby names that sound like Isaiah are Asaya, Joziah, Uziah and Uzziah.

Isaiah is a somewhat common first name for men (#635 out of 1220) and also a somewhat common last name for both men and women (#56550 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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