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What does Isaiah mean?
Isaiah 
▲ as a boys' name is pronounced eye-ZY-ah. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Isaiah is "God is salvation". Biblical: one of the major prophets and writer of the Book of Isaiah. Isais is a Latin form. Basketball player Isiah Thomas.
ENDS WITH -iah
Variations
VARIANTS Isa, Isaia, Isais, Isia, Isiah▼, Issiah, Izaiah▲, Iziah
SEE ALSO Esias
FEMININE FORM Shaya
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Isaiah?
Isaiah is a somewhat prominent first name for males (#635 out of 1220, Top 52%) and an even more prominent last name for all people (#43875 out of 150436, Top 29%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Isaiah reached its peak position of #39 in the U.S. in 2006, and is presently at #51. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Izaiah (#519 FROM RECENT DATA), Isiah (#1159), Isa (#1413), Issiah and Iziah are the popular alternative forms of Isaiah (#51). These forms of Isaiah reached the apex of their popularity 12 years ago (MEDIAN #1138) and are somewhat less widespread today (#1190, DOWN 28%). Isaiah is more universally found than the rest, though Izaiah has become trendy as well over time, while Isiah used to be popular.
Similar Names
Isaiah▲ is pronounced similarly to Asaya, Uziah and Uzziah. Other recommended sound-alike names are Abiah, Aviah, Azariah▲, Azriah, Esaias, Faizah (see Faiz), Hazaiah, Iain, Ilaria, Ilia, Ilias, Isaac▲, Isaak, Isac, Isacco, Isachar, Isador, Isak, Isam, Ishaan▲, Isham, Ismaal, Ismail, Ismal, Ismat, Ismay, Issac, Istvan, Itai, Itamar, Ivair, Izaac, Izaak, Jarah, Jedaiah, Jediah, Jeriah, Jesiah▲, Josiah▲, Joziah▲, Mosiah, Obadiah, Ovadiah (see Obadiah), Quanah, Rajah, Tobiah, Toviah, Ubadah, Ukiah, Uriah▲, Usamah and Zariah. These names tend to be less frequently used than Isaiah.
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