Meaning & Origin
a Christian.
Isai is a boy's and girl's baby name of Hebrew origin, a Spanish short form of Isaiah, from the Hebrew Yeshayahu meaning "God is salvation." Isaiah was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible, author of the prophetic book that bears his name.
Isai has been growing in the United States within Hispanic communities as a streamlined, three-letter form of the beloved prophetic name. Its clean consonant-vowel-vowel structure makes it easy to pronounce in Spanish while carrying the full weight of the great prophetic tradition.