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Esau - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Esau

[ 2 syll. e-sau, es-au ] The boy name Esau is pronounced IYSAO KEY. Esau has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in English. The meaning of Esau is 'hairy, rough'. A variant form of Esau is the English Esaw.

Esau is uncommon as a baby boy name. At the modest height of its usage in 1902, 0.005% of baby boys were named Esau. It was #964 in rank then. The baby name has seen a drop in frequency since then, and is used only on a very light scale now. Within all boy names in its family, Esau was nevertheless the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Esau include the Finnish Eetu, the Hawaiian Ieki, the Spanish Iggy, the English Ikey, the English Ikie, the English and Hebrew Isa, the German, Greek, and Yiddish Isaak, the Hungarian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic Isak, the Japanese Isao, the name Isas, the Indian Isha, the name Isi, the Hebrew Issa, the English Issac, the English and Hebrew Issy, the Czech Izak, the Yiddish Izik, the English Izzie, the English and Hebrew Izzy, and the Russian Eesaia.

KEY: Pronunciation for Esau: IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)"


 
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