Isaiah (given name)

Isaiah
Pronunciation	/aɪˈzeɪ.ə/
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	'Yahweh is salvation'
Other names
Nicknames	Ike, Zai, Izzy

Isaiah is a masculine name of biblical origin. It comes from the Hebrew: יְשַׁעְיָהוּ‎ (Yəšaʿyāhū or Yeshayahu), 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 of Gaza (died 491), Christian ascetic, writer and saint
Isaiah I of Armenia, Catholicos (head bishop) of Armenia from 775 to 778
Isaiah of Rostov (1062–1089/1090), Russian Christian missionary, bishop and Orthodox saint
Isaiah of Salona (1780–1821) was a Greek cleric
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
Isaiah Bakish (c.1545–c.1620 fl.1580s–1620s), Spanish Rabbi
Isaiah of Onogošt (died early 17th century), Serbian hermit and Orthodox saint

Modern era

Ordered alphabetically by surname

Isaiah Adams (born 2000), American football player
Isaiah Anderson (born 1989), American football player
Isaiah Andrews (born 1986), American economist
Isaiah Aram Minasian (born 1986), British violinist and orchestrator
Isaiah Armwood, American basketball player
Isaiah Austin (born 1993), American basketball coach and player
Isaiah Balat (1952–2014), Nigerian politician
Isaiah Battle (born 1993), American football player
Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997), British social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas
Isaiah Bershadsky (1872-1908), Russian novelist
Isaiah Beer Bing (1759–1805), French writer, translator, and Hebraist
Isaiah Blankson (1944–2021), Ghanaian scientist, academic and engineer
Isaiah Blood (1810–1870), American farmer, manufacturer and politician
Isaiah Bolden (born 1999), American football player
Isaiah Bond (born 2004), American football player
Isaiah James Boodhoo (1932– 2004), Trinidadian painter and writer
Isaiah Bowman (1878–1950), American geographer
Isaiah Briscoe (born 1996), American basketball player
Isaiah Bruse (born 1991), American football player
Isaiah Buggs (born 1997), American football player
Isaiah Campbell (born 1997), American baseball player
Isaiah Canaan (born 1991), American basketball player
Isaiah D. Clawson (1822–1879), American politician
Isaiah Collier (born 2004), American basketball player
Isaiah Coulter (born 1998), American football player
Isaiah Cousins (born 1994), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Isaiah Cozart (born 2001), American basketball player
Isaiah Crawford (born 2001), American basketball player
Isaiah Crawley (born 1998), American basketball player
Isaiah Crowell (born 1993), American football player
Isaiah Davis (born 2002), American football player
Isaiah Dixon (1922–2013), American politician and businessman
Isaiah Sol Dorfman (1907–2005), American lawyer
Isaiah Dorman (died 1876), former slave, interpreter for the US Army, and the only African American killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn
Isaiah Drake (born 2005), American baseball player
Isaiah Dudley (born 2003), Australian rules footballer
Isaiah Dunn (born 1999), American football player
Isaiah DeGrasse (1813–1841), American minister
Isaiah Eisendorf (born 1996), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Isaiah Ekejiuba (born 1981), Nigerian-American football player
Isaiah Evans (born 2005), American college basketball player
Isaiah Fawkes Everhart (1840–1911), American physician and naturalist
Isayah Fatu, birth name of Zilla Fatu (born 1999), American professional wrestler
Isaiah Firebrace (born 1999), Australian singer, also known by the mononym Isaiah
Isaiah Ford (born 1996), American football player
Isaiah Foskey (born 2000), American football player
Isaiah Foster (born 2003), American soccer player
Isaiah Frazier (1823–1864), American oil speculator
Isaiah George (born 2004), Canadian ice hockey player
Isaiah Glasker (born 2002), American football player
Isaiah Green (born 1989), American football player
Isaiah L. Green (1761–1841), American politician
Isaiah Harris (1929–2001), baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues
Isaiah Hart (1792–1861), American plantation owner and founder of Jacksonville, Florida
Isaiah Hartenstein (born 1998), German-American basketball player
Isaiah T. Hatton (1883–1921), American architect
Isaiah H. Hedge (1812–1888), American physician, businessman, abolitionist and philanthropist
Isaiah Hicks (born 1994), American basketball player
Isaiah Hill (born 2002), American model and actor
Isaiah Hodgins (born 1998), American football player
Isaiah Horton, American football player
Isaiah Horowitz (c. 1565–1630), Levite rabbi and mystic
Isaiah Harris Hughes (1813–1891), English stage magician
Isaiah Inman (1830–1889), American sheriff
Isaiah Iongi (born 2003), Tongan-Australian rugby league footballer
Isaiah Irving (born 1994), American football player
Isaiah Iton (born 2001), American football player
Isaiah Jackson (basketball) (born 2002), American basketball player
Isaiah Jackson (conductor) (1945-2025), African American music conductor
Isaiah Jewett (born 1977), American middle-distance runner
Isaiah Jones, multiple people
Isaiah Joe (born 1999), American basketball player
Isaiah Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
Isaiah Johnston (born 2001), Canadian soccer player
Isaiah Katumwa, Ugandan musician and saxophonist
Isaiah Kacyvenski (born 1977), American football player
Isaiah L. Kenen (1905–1988), Canadian-American journalist and lawyer
Isaiah Kiplangat Koech (born 1993), Kenyan long-distance runner
Isaiah Kopinsky (died 1640), Ukrainian Orthodox metropolitan
Isaiah Land (born 2000), American football player
Isaiah Langley (born 1996), American football player
Isaiah Leacock (born 1999), Trinidadian footballer
Isaiah Lee (born 1999), Trinidadian footballer
Isaiah LeFlore (born 2002), American soccer player
Isaiah Likely (born 2000), American football player
Isaiah Livers (born 1998), American basketball player
Isaiah Lukens (1779–1846), American clockmaker, gunsmith, machinist, and inventor
Isaiah L. Lyons (1843–1871), American politician
Isaiah Mack (born 1996), American football player
Isaiah Mays (1858–1925), American soldier
Isaiah Martinez (born 1994), American wrestler
Isaiah McDuffie (born 1999), American football player
Isaiah McGuire (born 2001), American football player
Isaiah McKenzie (born 1995), American football player
Isaiah McKinnon (born 1943), American politician, academic, and law enforcement officer
Isaiah Miles (born 1994), American basketball player
Isaiah Miller (born 1997), American basketball player
Isaiah Mobley (born 1999), American basketball player
Isaiah Montgomery (1847–1924), American community leader, politician, and founder of Mound Bayou, Mississippi
Isaiah Morgan (1897–1966), American trumpeter
Isaiah Morris (born 1969), American basketball player
Isaiah Emmanuel Morter (1860– 1924), Belizean businessman
Isaiah Moss (born 1996), American basketball player
Isaiah Msibi (born 1984), Swazi middle-distance runner
Isaiah Murphy, (born 1998), Japanese basketball player
Isaiah Mustafa (born 1974), American actor and football player
Isaiah Neyor (born 2001), American football player
Isaiah Nixon (died 1948), African-American murder victim
Isaiah Ntshangase (1966–2001), South African politician
Isaiah Nwokobia (born 2002), American football player
Isaiah Oggins (1898–1947), American communist spy for the Soviet Union
Isaiah Okafor (born 2005), Swiss footballer
Isaiah Oliver (born 1996), American football player
Isaiah Osbourne (born 1976), English footballer
Isaiah "Ikey" Owens (1974–2014), American keyboardist
Isaiah Padua, American drag queen
Isaiah Papali'i (born 1998), Samoa-New Zealand international rugby league footballer
Isaiah Parente (born 2000), American soccer player
Isaiah Parker (born 2002), American soccer player
Isaiah Pead (born 1989), American football player
Isaiah Perry (c.1854–1911), English Methodist minister
Isaiah Philmore (born 1989), German basketball player
Isaiah Pillars (1833–1895), American lawyer, member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and Ohio Attorney General
Isaiah Pola-Mao (born 1999), American football player
Isaiah Prince (born 1997), American football player
Isaiah Rajah (born 1993), Trinidadian cricketer
Isaiah Rankin (born 1978), English football forward
Isaiah Rashad (born 1991), American rapper
Isaiah Rice (1917–1980), American photographer
Isaiah Rider (born 1971), American basketball player
Isaiah Edward Robinson Jr. (1924–2011), African-American educator and Tuskegee Airman
Isaiah Roby (born 1998), American basketball player
Isaiah Rodgers (born 1997), American football player
Isaiah Rogers (1800–1869), American architect
Isaiah Rose (1843–1916), American politician
Isaiah Rynders (1804–1885), American businessman, sportsman, underworld figure and political organizer for the Tammany Hall political machine
Isaiah Sakpo (1912–1993), Nigerian Christian clergyman, evangelist, and writer
Isaiah Rajendra Sanam (born 1977), Indian archer
Isaiah Sategna III (born 2003), American football player
Isaiah Saville (born 2000), American ice hockey player
Isaiah Benjamin Scott (1854–1931), American theologian, educator, and journalist
Isaiah Sellers (c. 1802–1864), riverboat captain
Isaiah Shachar (1935–1977), Israeli historian
Isaiah Sharkey (born 1989), American guitarist
Isaiah Shavitt (1929–2012), Polish-Israeli chemist
Isaiah Simmons (born 1998), American football player
Isaiah Smithurst (1920–1982), English cricketer
Isaiah Spiegel (1906–1990), Polish-Israeli poet, writer and essayist
Isaiah Spiller (born 2001), American football player
Isaiah Stalbird (born 2000), American football player
Isaiah Stanback (born 1984), American football player
Isaiah Stannard (born 2004), American actor
Isaiah Stevens (born 2000), American basketball player
Isaiah Stewart (born 2001), American basketball player
Isaiah Stewart (born 19666), American musician
Isaiah Stillman (1793–1861), Illinois militia officer involved in the Black Hawk War
Isaiah Swann (born 1985), American basketball player
Isaiah Swope, American basketball player
Isaiah Sykes (born 1991), American basketball player
Isaiah Tass (born 1999), Australian rugby league footballer
Isaiah Taylor (born 1994), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Isaiah Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people
Isaiah Todd (born 2001), American basketball player
Isaiah Toothtaker (born 1981), American rapper
Isaiah Turner (1876–1936), English footballer
Isaiah Turner (born 1998), American Internet entrepreneur and software engineer
Isaiah Washington (born 1963), American actor
Isaiah Whaley (born 1998), American basketball player
Isaiah Whitehead (born 1995), American basketball player
Isaiah Wilkerson (born 1990), American basketball player
Isaiah Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
Isaiah Vansant Williamson (1803–1889), American merchant and philanthropist
Isaiah Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people
Isaiah Winstead (born 1999), American football player
Isaiah Wong (born 2001), American basketball player
Isaiah Wright (born 1997), American football player
Isaiah Wynn (born 1996), American football player
Isaiah Young (born 1998), American soccer player
Isaiah Zagar (1939–2026), American mosaic artist
Isaiah Zeldin (1920–2018), American rabbi
Isaiah Zuber (born 1997), American football player

Fictional characters

Isaiah Bradley, Marvel Comics character
Isaiah Crockett, DC Comics superhero
Isaiah Richards "Lewins", the titular character of the 1995 drama film Losing Isaiah
Isaiah Wright, main character in 2024 American Christian drama film The Forge

Notable people named Isaiah

Pre-modern era

Modern era

Fictional characters

See also