Fun Facts About the Name Isaia
- 480 babies named Isaia: U.S. records list 480 babies given the name Isaia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Isaia Mean?
Isaia is the Italian form of the biblical Hebrew name Yeshayahu (יְשַׁעְיָהוּ), which means "Yahweh is salvation." The Hebrew name is a compound: a form of the verb yasha, "to save" or "to bring deliverance," joined to a shortened form of the divine name YHWH. The shorter biblical form Yeshaiah (יְשַׁעְיָה) carries the same meaning. The name passed into Italian from the Greek Esaias (Ἠσαΐας) and the Latin Isaias, the form Jerome used in the Vulgate; Italian lost the final -s and ended the word in -a, giving Isaia. The same Latin Isaias stands behind the Romanian name Isaia, and the form is also the one used in Samoan.
Isaia Name History & Origins
The name Isaia belongs to the prophet Isaiah, the eighth-century BCE figure whose book is one of the major prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible. His name appears in the Hebrew text as Yeshayahu. When the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek in Alexandria (the Septuagint), the name was written Esaias; Jerome's Latin Vulgate rendered it Isaias. From that Latin form Italian developed Isaia through the ordinary loss of the final consonant and the shift of -as to -a. In Italy the word serves both as the prophet's name and as an ordinary personal name, and Romanian uses the identical form.
In Samoan, Isaia is the name given to the prophet and to the biblical book that bears his name. English speakers most often meet Isaia as a name carried by families of Italian, Romanian, or Samoan background. It is not the same form as the English Isaiah, which comes from the same Hebrew source but entered English by a different route and with a different ending. A separate Hebrew name, Yishai - the name of the prophet's father, known in English as Jesse - has no connection to Yeshayahu despite the resemblance some readers notice.
How Popular is the Name Isaia?
Isaia 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 2007. Its best rank was #3,219 in 1999.
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 | #10,077 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #9,312 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #5,321 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #6,979 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #11,276 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #7,730 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #7,344 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #7,817 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #7,794 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #9,181 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #5,375 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2014 | #11,252 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #6,036 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #10,122 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #4,419 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2010 | #5,117 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2009 | #5,656 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2008 | #5,331 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #3,937 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2006 | #4,284 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2005 | #4,113 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2004 | #5,095 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #4,684 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #4,236 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2001 | #4,026 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2000 | #5,395 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #3,219 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1998 | #4,083 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1997 | #3,509 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1996 | #4,479 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #6,110 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #6,446 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #5,684 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #6,086 | 6 | 0.0003% |
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 Isaia Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You like to use the pen or the needle (writing, fashion design etc). You are loving, compassionate, intuitive and humanitarian. Runs of luck, either good or bad, follow you. You are sympathetic, but at times might be touchy and oversensitive. You may have a gift for writing. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
Creative and outgoing, you are always looking for an opportunity to show your abilities, especially before audience. You are very flexible and like to feel appreciated. You are looking for chances to mix with others socially and to communicate your ideas. You like to talk and can easily relate to different cultures and concepts. The biggest challenge for you is uncertainty. Easily getting bored, you can move from one job to another, switch projects and lovers. The high creative force can lead you either to happiness or unhappiness. If you understand your goals, if you can make major decisions in life and follow it directly and straight up without worry and uncertainty, you are able to achieve great heights.
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