Given name & surname
Isaias
“God is salvation”·“God is my salvation”
Isaias is a variant of Isaiah. Interpretations include “God is salvation” (Hebrew) and “God is my salvation” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Isaias is a variant of Isaiah. Interpretations include “God is salvation” (Hebrew) and “God is my salvation” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Isaias is a variant of Isaiah. An origin associated with Isaiah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Isaias through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18,644
- 18,644 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 755 babies
- 2025
- 755
- #426 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 755 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 426 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (181). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 19,228 as a first name in 2020; 277 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.
Isaias’s family of names
Isaias has a related form in Isaiah. Isaias has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Isaías. In Greek usage, Isaias as a surname is a transliteration of Ισαΐας.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Isaias
- Isaias Afwerkipresident of Eritrea since 1993born 1946
- Isaías PleciArgentine chess player (1907-1980)
- Isaias W. HellmanAmerican financier of German-Jewish descent (1842–1920)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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