Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
YeshayahuIn Hebrew: ישעיהו · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: יְשַׁעְיָהוּRomanization: y'sha'yáhu
Yeshayahu (Hebrew: ישעיהו) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 2,172 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 31 boys and ranked #389. Its peak year was 1949, with 79 babies.
- People in Israel
- 2,172
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 31
- rank #389
- Peak year
- 1949
- 79 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Yeshayahu
In Hebrew letters the name is ישעיהו, read right to left. Yeshayahu is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "y'sha'yáhu" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Isaiah (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh)
- Isaiah (a prophet, the author of the Book of Isaiah)
- a male given name
Theophoric, possibly from יֶשַׁע (yésha') + ־יהו (-yáhu), literally “Yahweh is salvation”. See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía, “to save”) and יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (y'hoshúa).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Yeshayahu by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Questions about Yeshayahu
How do you write Yeshayahu in Hebrew?
Yeshayahu is written ישעיהו in Hebrew (with vowel points: יְשַׁעְיָהוּ). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "y'sha'yáhu".
How many people in Israel are named Yeshayahu?
2,172 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ישעיהו: 0 women and 2,172 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Yeshayahu a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named ישעיהו are men.
What does the name Yeshayahu mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Isaiah (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh)" Etymology: Theophoric, possibly from יֶשַׁע (yésha') + ־יהו (-yáhu), literally “Yahweh is salvation”. See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía, “to save”) and יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (y'hoshúa).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.