Given name
Esaias
“God is my salvation”
Esaias is a variant of Esias. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my salvation.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Esaias is a variant of Esias. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my salvation.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Esaias is a variant of Esias. An origin associated with Esias is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Ἠσᾰΐᾱς, from Biblical Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū, “Yahweh is salvation”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Esaias through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 858
- 858 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 69 babies
- 2025
- 54
- #2,493 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +62%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 54 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,493 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 61.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 463 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Esaias’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Esaias has a conventional equivalent in the English form Isaiah. Esaias has a related form in Esias. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Esaias has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Isaías.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- IsaiahEnglish
- Isaiasequivalent
- Esaequivalent
- Isaiaequivalent
- Yeshayahuequivalent
- ישעיהוequivalent
- Ézsaiásequivalent
- Izajaszequivalent
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People named Esaias
- Esaias TegnérSwedish poet, professor and bishop (1782–1846)
- Esaias van de VeldeDutch landscape painter (1587-1630)
- Esaias BoursseDutch painter (1631-1672)
- Esaias Tegnér Jr.Swedish linguist (1843-1928)
- Esaias ReusnerGerman lutenist and composer (1636-1679)
- Esaias Compenius der Ältereorgan builder1560–1617
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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