Isaias (given name)

Isaías is the Spanish and Portuguese language form of the biblical name Isaiah.[1]

Notable people with the name include:

• Isaias of Constantinople (died 1332), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1323 to 1332
• Isaias Afwerki (born 1942), first and current president of Eritrea
• Isaías Carrasco (1964–2008), Basque politician
• Isaías D'Oleo Ochoa (born 1980), Costa Rican poet
• Isaías Duarte Cancino (1939–2002), Colombian Catholic priest and Archbishop of Cali
• Isaias W. Hellman (1842–1920), German-born American banker and philanthropist, and a founding father of the University of Southern California
• Isaías Marques Soares (born 1963), Brazilian footballer
• Isaías Medina Angarita (1897–1953), President of Venezuela from 1941 to 1945
• Isaías de Noronha (1874–1963), Brazilian admiral and member of the junta that governed Brazil in 1930
• Isaías Rodríguez (born 1942), Venezuelan politician, diplomat and lawyer, Vice President of Venezuela in 2000
• Isaías Samakuva (born 1946), Angolan politician
• Isaías Sánchez (born 1987), Spanish footballer
• Isaías Silva Aragão (1967–2007), Brazilian footballer

See also

• Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer
• Isaia (name)
• Hurricane Isaias

References

1. Behind the Name