Jessiah
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god is salvation; a form of Isaiah.
Jessiah by the numbers
Jessiah was given to 147 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Isaiah
Like Jessiah, each of these traces back to Isaiah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- IsaiasGod is salvation; form of Isaiah506 in the US (2017)
- IzaiahGod is my salvation; variant of Isaiah494 in the US (2017)
- Jasiahgod has made; a respelling of Jasaiah or Isaiah480 in the US (2017)
- Isaivariant of Isaiah; God is salvation194 in the US (2017)
- IzayahGod is salvation; a modern spelling of Isaiah179 in the US (2017)
- IsiahGod is salvation; variant of Isaiah169 in the US (2017)
- Issasalvation; a form of Isaiah59 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shayagift from god; a form of Shaya or Isaiah13 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jessiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Jessiah, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean salvation
Like Jessiah, each of these has salvation in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Joshuathe Lord is salvation8,251 in the US (2017)
- Isaiahsalvation of the Lord7,170 in the US (2017)
- Jesusgod is salvation2,741 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- Josuegod is salvation; a form of Joshua1,532 in the US (2017)
- Ellisgod is my salvation; a form of Elias582 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Jessiah
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