Esaias

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

How Esaias is read●(measured from records)

Esaias is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Finnish46%

  Isaiah (in older translations of the Bible)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English43%

  Isaiah (biblical character).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Spanish23%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Esaias in Spanish.

• Portuguese9.2%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Esaias in Portuguese.

• German7.0%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Esaias in German.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Esaias is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Esaiás

• French given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, South Africa

  Also written Esaïas

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Esaias is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, a male given name, equivalent to English Isaiah (Jesaja in the modern Swedish Bible)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, Isaiah (prophet)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Esaias van de Veldeb. 1587NLDutch landscape painter (1587-1630)
• Esaias von Pufendorfb. 1628SEdiplomat
• Esaias Boursseb. 1631NLDutch painter (1631-1672)
• Esaias Reusnerb. 1636DEGerman lutenist and composer (1636-1679)
• Esaias Tegnérb. 1782SESwedish poet, professor and bishop (1782–1846)
• Esaias Tegnér the Youngerb. 1843SESwedish linguist (1843-1928)
• Yrjö Mäkelinb. 1875FInot in their usual nameFinnish shoemaker, journalist and politician (1875–1923)
• Elis Sipiläb. 1887FInot in their usual namegymnast (1887–1958)
• Ossian Skiöldb. 1889SEnot in their usual nameSwedish hammer thrower (1889–1961)
• Esa Pakarinenb. 1911FInot in their usual nameFinnish actor and musician (1911–1989)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Esaias mean, and where does it come from?

Isaiah (in older translations of the Bible) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Esaias?

In the etymology graph, Isaias, Isaiah and Isiah are forms of the same name in other languages.

In which country does Esaias have the most bearers?

In Finland, the national register counted about 499 people named Esaias, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Esaias most common?

Esaias is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 11 thousand people carrying it.

How do you pronounce Esaias?

A machine transcription gives /sɛəz/ (IPA) for English.

Is Esaias a male or female name?

Esaias is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

How common is the name Esaias?

In Finland, the national register counted 499 people named Esaias, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.