Isaiah (given name)

Isaiah is a masculine name of biblical origin. It comes from the Hebrew Yesha'yahu, meaning "Yahweh is salvation." The best known Isaiah is a prophet, in the Book of Isaiah. In Ruthenia, the name Isaiah pervaded from Greek, in the form of Isaija, as well as in the abbreviated form Isaj, which in the fifteenth century was popular in Halic Rus, then connected to Poland for a hundred years.

Notable people named Isaiah

Pre-modern era
Ordered chronologically.
  • Isaiah I of Armenia, Catholicos (head bishop) of Armenia from 775 to 778
  • Isaiah of Rostov (died 1089 or 1090), Russian Christian missionary, bishop and Russian Orthodox saint
  • Isaiah di Trani (c. 1180–c. 1250), Italian Talmudist
  • Isaiah di Trani the Younger, 13th- and 14th-century Italian Talmudist and commentator, grandson of Isaiah di Trani

Modern era
Ordered alphabetically.

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See also

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