Given name
Jeshaiah
“Yah is salvation”·“salvation of the Lord”
Jeshaiah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewישעיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Jeshaiah means “Yah is salvation” or “salvation of the Lord.”
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Where it comes from
Jeshaiah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb yasha' (ישע), “to save.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jeshaiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jeshaiah’s family of names
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 15
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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