Isaiah

Isaiah is a masculine name of biblical origin. It comes from the , Yəšaʿyāhū, Yeshayahu, meaning "Yahweh is salvation." The best known Isaiah is a prophet, in the Book of Isaiah. In Ruthenia, the name Isaiah pervaded from Greek, in the form of Isaija, as well as in the abbreviated form Isaj, which in the fifteenth century was popular in Halic Rus, then connected to Poland for a hundred years. Notable people named Isaiah Pre-modern era Ordered chronologically. Isaiah of Gaza (died 491), Christian ascetic and monastic writer Isaiah I of Armenia, Catholicos (head bishop) of Armenia from 775 to 778 Isaiah of Rostov (died 1089 or 1090), Russian Christian missionary, bishop and Russian Orthodox saint Isaiah di Trani (c. 1180–c. 1250), Italian Talmudist Isaiah di Trani the Younger, 13th- and 14th-century Italian Talmudist and commentator, grandson of Isaiah di Trani Modern era Ordered alphabetically. Isaiah Balat (1952–2014), Nigerian politician Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997), British social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas Isaiah Bolden (born 1999), American football player Isaiah Bowman (1878–1950), American geographer Isaiah Buggs (born 1997), American football player Isaiah Campbell (born 1997), American baseball player Isaiah Coulter (born 1998), American football player Isaiah Cousins (born 1994), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Isaiah Crowell (born 1993), American football player Isaiah Dorman (died 1876), former slave, interpreter for the US Army, and the only African American killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn Isaiah Dunn (born 1999), American football player Isaiah Eisendorf (born 1996), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Isaiah Firebrace (born 1999), Australian singer, also known by the mononym Isaiah Isaiah Ford (born 1996), American football player Isaiah Foskey (born 2000), American football player Isaiah Harris (1929–2001), baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues Isaiah Hart (1792–1861), American plantation owner and founder of Jacksonville, Florida Isaiah Hodgins (born 1998), American football player Isaiah Horowitz (c.