Esau

Where Esau comes from

From Ancient Greek Ἡσαῦ (Hēsaû), from Biblical Hebrew עֵשָׂו (ʿēśāw).
— Wiktionary's entry for Esau
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1890
    Peak, #884
    6 babies named Esau — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1982
    Esau Tjiuoro born
    Namibian footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Esau Tjiuoro · Namibian footballer, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.