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
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