Isaiah is a masculine name of biblical origin. It comes from the Hebrew: יְשַׁעְיָהוּ, Yəšaʿyāhū, Yeshayahu, meaning "Yahweh is salvation." The best known Isaiah is a prophet, in the Book of Isaiah. In Ruthenia, the name Isaiah pervaded from Greek, in the form of Isaija, as well as in the abbreviated form Isaj, which in the fifteenth century was popular in Halic Rus, then connected to Poland for a hundred years.
| Pronunciation | /aɪˈzeɪ.ə/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | "Yahweh is salvation" |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Ike, Zay, Izzy |
Notable people named Isaiah
Pre-modern era
- Ordered chronologically.
- Isaiah of Gaza (died 491), Christian ascetic and monastic writer
- Isaiah I of Armenia, Catholicos (head bishop) of Armenia from 775 to 778
- Isaiah of Rostov (died 1089 or 1090), Russian Christian missionary, bishop and Russian Orthodox saint
- Isaiah di Trani (c. 1180–c. 1250), Italian Talmudist
- Isaiah di Trani the Younger, 13th- and 14th-century Italian Talmudist and commentator, grandson of Isaiah di Trani
Modern era
- Ordered alphabetically.
- Isaiah Adams (born 2000), American football player
- Isaiah Aram Minasian (born 1986), British violinist and orchestrator
- Isaiah Balat (1952–2014), Nigerian politician
- Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997), British social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas
- Isaiah Bolden (born 1999), American football player
- Isaiah Bowman (1878–1950), American geographer
- Isaiah Buggs (born 1997), American football player
- Isaiah Campbell (born 1997), American baseball player
- Isaiah Collier (born 2004), American basketball player
- Isaiah Coulter (born 1998), American football player
- Isaiah Cousins (born 1994), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Isaiah Crowell (born 1993), American football player
- Isaiah Davis (born 2002), American football player
- Isaiah Dorman (died 1876), former slave, interpreter for the US Army, and the only African American killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn
- Isaiah Dunn (born 1999), American football player
- Isaiah Eisendorf (born 1996), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Isaiah Evans (born 2005), American college basketball player
- Isaiah Firebrace (born 1999), Australian singer, also known by the mononym Isaiah
- Isaiah Ford (born 1996), American football player
- Isaiah Foskey (born 2000), American football player
- Isaiah George (born 2004), Canadian ice hockey player
- Isaiah Harris (1929–2001), baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues
- Isaiah Hart (1792–1861), American plantation owner and founder of Jacksonville, Florida
- Isaiah Hodgins (born 1998), American football player
- Isaiah Horton, American football player
- Isaiah Horowitz (c. 1565–1630), Levite rabbi and mystic
- Isaiah Jackson (basketball) (born 2002), American basketball player
- Isaiah Jackson (conductor) (born 1945), African American music conductor
- Isaiah Joe (born 1999), American basketball player
- Isaiah Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Isaiah Kiplangat Koech (born 1993), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Isaiah Kopinsky (died 1640), Ukrainian Orthodox metropolitan
- Isaiah Land (born 2000), American football player
- Isaiah Langley (born 1996), American football player
- Isaiah Likely (born 2000), American football player
- Isaiahh Loudermilk (born 1997), American football player
- Isaiah Mack (born 1996), American football player
- Isaiah McDuffie (born 1999), American football player
- Isaiah McGuire (born 2001), American football player
- Isaiah McKenzie (born 1995), American football player
- Isaiah Miles (born 1994), American basketball player
- Isaiah Mobley (born 1999), American basketball player
- Isaiah Murphy, (born 1998), Japanese basketball player
- Isaiah Mustafa (born 1974), American actor best known for appearing in Old Spice commercials
- Isaiah Oggins (1898–1947), American communist spy for the Soviet Union
- Isaiah Oliver (born 1996), American football player
- Isaiah Osbourne (born 1976), English footballer
- Isaiah Philmore (born 1989), German basketball player
- Isaiah Pillars (1833–1895), American lawyer, member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and Ohio Attorney General
- Isaiah Pola-Mao (born 1999), American football player
- Isaiah Prince (born 1997), American football player
- Isaiah Rankin (born 1978), English football forward
- Isaiah Rider (born 1971), American basketball player
- Isaiah Roby (born 1998), American basketball player
- Isaiah Rodgers (born 1997), American football player
- Isaiah Rogers (1800–1869), American architect
- Isaiah Rynders (1804–1885), American businessman, sportsman, underworld figure and political organizer for the notorious Tammany Hall political machine
- Isaiah Sharkey (born 1989), American guitarist
- Isaiah Simmons (born 1998), American football player
- Isaiah Spiller (born 2001), American football player
- Isaiah Stalbird (born 2000), American football player
- Isaiah Stewart (born 2001), American basketball player
- Isaiah Stillman (1793–1861), Illinois militia officer involved in the Black Hawk War
- Isaiah Swann (born 1985), American basketball player
- Isaiah Taylor (born 1994), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Isaiah Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people
- Isaiah Toothtaker (born 1981), American rapper
- Isaiah Washington (born 1963), American actor
- Isaiah Whitehead (born 1995), American basketball player
- Isaiah Wilkerson (born 1990), American basketball player
- Isaiah Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
- Isaiah Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Isaiah Winstead (born 1999), American football player
- Isaiah Wong (born 2001), American basketball player
- Isaiah Wright (born 1997), American football player
- Isaiah Wynn (born 1996), American football player
- Isaiah Zuber (born 1997), American football player
Fictional characters
- Isaiah Bradley, Marvel Comics character
- Isaiah Crockett (comics), DC Comics superhero
- Isaiah Richards "Lewins", the titular character of the 1995 drama movie Losing Isaiah
See also
Short forms:
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