Meaning of the nameIsaías

Isaías is a male name of Hebrew origin, that of the biblical prophet, which Behind the Name translates as 'Yahweh is salvation'.

Meaning

“Yahweh is salvation”

Source: Wiktionary: Isaías · Behind the Name: Isaiah

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People (2022): 77,888
Rank in Brazil: #394
Median age: 38 years
2010 Census: 78,969; people

Isaías in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Isaías, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (13,233 people).

444 women 77,444 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Isaías is most common

States with the highest share of people named Isaías in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Roraima 0.065%
Amazonas 0.063%
Acre 0.061%
Rondônia 0.059%
Maranhão 0.056%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	13,794	0.031%
Minas Gerais	7,112	0.035%
Rio de Janeiro	6,405	0.040%
Bahia	6,237	0.044%
Pará	4,347	0.054%
Pernambuco	4,184	0.046%
Maranhão	3,767	0.056%
Paraná	3,668	0.032%
Ceará	3,416	0.039%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,709	0.025%
Goiás	2,500	0.035%
Amazonas	2,486	0.063%
Santa Catarina	2,104	0.028%
Paraíba	2,013	0.051%
Espírito Santo	1,851	0.048%
Piauí	1,522	0.047%
Mato Grosso	1,417	0.039%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,382	0.042%
Alagoas	1,234	0.040%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,047	0.038%
Sergipe	940	0.043%
Rondônia	928	0.059%
Distrito Federal	923	0.033%
Tocantins	671	0.044%
Acre	505	0.061%
Roraima	412	0.065%
Amapá	314	0.043%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Isaías

Wiktionary traces Isaías to Old Galician-Portuguese Ysayas and Latin Īsaias, Ēsaias, which come from Greek Ēsaḯas and, ultimately, from Hebrew Yəšaʿyāhū. Behind the Name gives the meaning 'Yahweh is salvation', from the Hebrew roots yashaʿ, 'to save', and yah, a reference to the Hebrew God. In the Bible, it is the name of the prophet Isaiah and of the book that bears his name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 77,888 people named Isaías, with a median age of 38. Proportionally, the name is most common in Roraima.

Sources

Wiktionary: Isaías · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Isaiah · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Isaias · behindthename.com · spelling

Questions about the name Isaías

What does the name Isaías mean?

Isaías means “Yahweh is salvation”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Isaías in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 77,888 people with the first name Isaías, which ranks it number 394 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Isaías a boy's or a girl's name?

Isaías is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 444 women and 77,444 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Isaías?

Isaías is a name of Hebrew, Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Isaías most common?

Proportionally, in Roraima: 0.065% of the state's population is named Isaías (412 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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