A baptismal name for a boy
Isaiah
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Isaiah
Prophet IsaiahMay 9Prophet of Israel in the eighth century before Christ, who foretold the coming of the Messiah.Venerable Isaiah the SolitaryPalestinian monk and ascetic writer known from the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, who died in 491.
Saint Isaiah of RostovMay 15Monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra, abbot of Saint Demetrius, then bishop and missionary at Rostov.
Venerable Isaiah of the Kiev CavesMay 15Monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra who lived in the late eleventh and early twelfth century, died in 1115.
Venerable Isaiah of OstrogApril 28Serbian monk who lived in a cave on the site of the future Ostrog Monastery in the 16th and 17th centuries.- Martyr IsaiahJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Venerable Isaiah of ArkhangelskMay 30A venerable father of Arkhangelsk, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Martyr Isaiah the EgyptianAn Egyptian, martyred at Caesarea in Palestine around the year 309.
- Venerable Martyr Isaiah of SinaiJanuary 14A monk of Sinai, commemorated as a martyr in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Isaiah the SerbAugust 21Hilandar monk, hegumen and restorer of St Panteleimon, mediator of the reconciliation of the Churches in 1375; canonized.
- Right-Believing Isaiah the GeorgianNovember 4A righteous Georgian of Jerusalem, honored by the Church of Georgia with his brethren of the Lord's Tomb.
- Venerable Isaiah of SiyaA venerable monk of Siya Monastery, Arkhangelsk region; canonized by the Russian Church.
Questions
The name day of Isaiah is May 9, the feast of Prophet Isaiah. It is also kept on May 15, April 28, June 11, May 30, January 14, August 21, November 4.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Isaiah, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Isaiah is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Prophet Isaiah as patron.