Fun Facts About the Name Esaias
- 858 babies named Esaias: U.S. records list 858 babies given the name Esaias from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Esaias Mean?
Esaias is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Yeshayahu (יְשַׁעְיָהוּ), which is customarily translated "Yahweh is salvation." The name joins a shortened form of the divine name, Yah, with a word from the root yasha, meaning "to save" or "to deliver." The Greek Bible (Septuagint) rendered the Hebrew name as Ἠσαΐας, and the New Testament uses that same Greek form when it names the prophet. The Latin Bible preferred Isaias, and it is Isaias that lies behind the English Isaiah. Esaias and Isaiah are thus the same name carried through different language traditions, not two separate names that happen to look alike.
Esaias Name History & Origins
The Hebrew Yeshayahu is the name of the prophet whose book is set in the 8th century BCE. When the Hebrew Scriptures were translated into Greek in Alexandria, beginning in the 3rd century BCE, the prophet's name was written as Ἠσαΐας, and the New Testament writers followed that Greek text when they referred to him. Jerome's Latin Vulgate (around 400 CE) used Isaias, the form from which English Isaiah descends. Esaias therefore reached later European languages through the Greek biblical tradition rather than through English.
As a given name, Esaias is found chiefly in the Netherlands, Germany, and the Nordic countries. Dutch records place it in use by the late 16th century, as in the painter Esaias van de Velde (born 1587), and it appears later in Sweden, where the poet Esaias Tegnér (1782 - 1846) is a well-known bearer. In Swedish and Finnish it has remained an uncommon but recognized name. English speakers generally encounter it as a Greek or continental form of Isaiah rather than as a name in everyday use.
How Popular is the Name Esaias?
Esaias has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #2,135 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,493 | 54 | 0.0032% |
| 2024 | #2,135 | 69 | 0.0040% |
| 2023 | #2,178 | 66 | 0.0039% |
| 2022 | #3,069 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2021 | #2,389 | 57 | 0.0033% |
| 2020 | #2,774 | 44 | 0.0026% |
| 2019 | #3,439 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2018 | #2,763 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 2017 | #4,144 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2016 | #3,552 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2015 | #3,257 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2014 | #3,398 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2013 | #3,784 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2012 | #4,749 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #5,497 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #4,028 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2009 | #3,358 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2008 | #4,064 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 2007 | #4,157 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2006 | #4,134 | 23 | 0.0011% |
| 2005 | #4,890 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2004 | #6,249 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #5,113 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #6,692 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #4,547 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #5,677 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #3,740 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1998 | #5,971 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #9,728 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #7,380 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #8,847 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #8,612 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Esaias Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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