Esaias
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Isaiah (Jesaja in the modern Swedish Bible).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Esaias (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Esaias has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2014. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 6 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 20 |
| 2000 | 20 |
| 2001 | 24 |
| 2002 | 31 |
| 2003 | 35 |
| 2004 | 38 |
| 2005 | 41 |
| 2006 | 43 |
| 2007 | 49 |
| 2008 | 54 |
| 2009 | 60 |
| 2010 | 62 |
| 2011 | 64 |
| 2012 | 64 |
| 2013 | 70 |
| 2014 | 77 |
| 2015 | 82 |
| 2016 | 84 |
| 2017 | 89 |
| 2018 | 95 |
| 2019 | 96 |
| 2020 | 104 |
Esaias in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Esaias.Hi! My name is Esaias.
- Esaias bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Esaias lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Esaias har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Esaias has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Esaias mamma är lärare.Esaias's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Esaias mamma is Esaias's mum. Because Esaias already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Esaias
How do you pronounce Esaias in Swedish?
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What does the name Esaias mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Isaiah (Jesaja in the modern Swedish Bible).
How popular is Esaias in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Esaias in 2022. In 2020, 104 people in Sweden had Esaias as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2014 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.