Given name

Esaù

Esaù is a given name from Latin. It is used in Italian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Esaù comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.

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How it developed

From Latin Esau, from Ancient Greek Εσάβ, from Hebrew עשו.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Esaù’s family of names

In Italian usage, Esaù has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Ezaw.

Walk Esaù’s family in the name graph

EsaùEsaúGħesawEzaw

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Latin

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Ancient Greek

Erazm

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Latin

Ésope

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Latin

Exon

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Latin

Iesu

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Latin

Érasme

Érasme is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Efraïm

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Slavic

Venceslau

“greater, more” · “fame, glory”

No U.S. birth series

83% boys · 17% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Esaù’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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