Given name & surname
Eisa
“God is my salvation”
Eisa is a form of Jesus. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my salvation.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Arabic use, Eisa carries the interpretation “God is my salvation.” Eisa is a form of Jesus. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my salvation.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
Eisa is used as a form of Jesus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 463
- 330 boys · 133 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #6,909 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,909 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 44.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 34 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 478 as a first name in 2020; 334 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eisa’s family of names
Eisa is a form of Jesus. Eisa has a related form in Eissa. Eisa has a related form in Eisah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eisa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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