Given name

Esav

Esav is a given name from Hebrew.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Esav comes from Hebrew.

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How it developed

From Hebrew עשו.

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Esav’s family of names

In Armenian usage, Esav is a transliteration of Եսավ.

Walk Esav’s family in the name graph

EsavEsauԵսավ

The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 2

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

Similar names

If you love Esav, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew

Eshbaal

“man of the Lord”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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Eshban

“but perhaps fire son”

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>99% boys

Hebrew

Ephai

“bird-like” · “coverer”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

ʻEwa

ʻEwa is a feminine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Hawaiian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Hebrew

Elpaal

“God has wrought” · “God of doing”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Êrane

Êrane is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Ethnan

“a prostitute's hire”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Ezbai

“scrubber” · “cleaner”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Esav