Isaias

Where Isaias comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Isaias.

Isaias through the years
  1. 1907
    Isaias Pleci born
    Argentine chess player
  2. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,392 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1946
    Isaias Afwerki born
    president of Eritrea since 1993
  4. 2025
    Peak, #426
    755 babies named Isaias, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Isaias Afwerki · president of Eritrea since 1993, born 1946
  • Isaias Pleci · Argentine chess player, 1907–1980
  • Isaias W. Hellman · American financier of German-Jewish descent, 1842–1920
  • Isaias Matiaba · Greek singer, born 1983
  • Isaias Andberhian · Eritrean footballer, born 1984

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.