Esau Forename
13,346th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 73,353 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Tonga
Esau Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘hairy', the name of the elder s. of Isaac. Occasionally used as a christian name since the 17th C.
Esau Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 10,605 | 1:11,706 | 950 |
| Malawi | 100% | 8,757 | 1:1,954 | 380 |
| Uganda | 100% | 8,164 | 1:5,017 | 597 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7,391 | 1:7,142 | 1,055 |
| Zambia | - | 4,686 | 1:3,383 | 542 |
| Indonesia | - | 3,924 | 1:65,740 | 7,959 |
| South Africa | 99% | 3,847 | 1:14,175 | 2,180 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 3,242 | 1:4,758 | 750 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2,679 | 1:17,285 | 1,796 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 2,198 | 1:33,589 | 2,424 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2,136 | 1:22,368 | 1,476 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,089 | 1:102,554 | 5,640 |
| United States | 100% | 2,018 | 1:179,652 | 6,634 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,766 | 1:18,002 | 1,505 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,653 | 1:107,419 | 5,916 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 1,053 | 1:7,742 | 805 |
| El Salvador | - | 875 | 1:7,248 | 629 |
| Honduras | 100% | 571 | 1:15,442 | 1,266 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 524 | 1:41,241 | 2,855 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 511 | 1:31,523 | 1,404 |
| Liberia | 100% | 473 | 1:9,328 | 892 |
| Spain | 100% | 423 | 1:110,000 | 3,040 |
| Jamaica | - | 378 | 1:7,628 | 980 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| India | 95% | 285 | 1:4,262,730 | 172,183 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 280 | 1:21,494 | 1,571 |
| Haiti | 100% | 253 | 1:42,399 | 2,933 |
| Chile | 99% | 236 | 1:74,607 | 2,181 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 230 | 1:131,313 | 5,476 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 162 | 1:29,432 | 1,672 |
| Tonga | - | 151 | 1:711 | 162 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 150 | 1:3,873 | 541 |
| Botswana | 100% | 121 | 1:18,053 | 2,233 |
| Ecuador | - | 119 | 1:148,966 | 2,968 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 111 | 1:12,265 | 1,728 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 98 | 1:20,816 | 2,612 |
| Panama | 100% | 93 | 1:42,006 | 3,038 |
| Canada | 100% | 78 | 1:424,787 | 11,869 |
| Guyana | 100% | 76 | 1:10,043 | 1,503 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 68 | 1:153,401 | 6,921 |
| England | 100% | 64 | 1:868,796 | 15,211 |
| Malaysia | 77% | 60 | 1:507,499 | 22,089 |
| Philippines | 100% | 57 | 1:1,859,815 | 42,253 |
| Namibia | - | 53 | 1:45,362 | 2,915 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Argentina | 100% | 34 | 1:1,258,037 | 5,872 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 30 | 1:3,719 | 689 |
| American Samoa | - | 23 | 1:2,428 | 422 |
| Belize | 100% | 21 | 1:16,872 | 2,067 |
| Micronesia | - | 19 | 1:5,605 | 544 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 10 | 1:1,060,140 | 3,387 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 10 | 1:5,486 | 913 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Thailand | 73% | 9 | 1:7,785,090 | 119,233 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Sweden | 100% | 7 | 1:1,408,272 | 24,832 |
| Grenada | 100% | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| Italy | 84% | 6 | 1:10,177,015 | 31,373 |
| Australia | - | 5 | 1:2,731,524 | 22,009 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Norway | - | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Benin | 100% | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| China | - | 2 | 1:683,027,891 | 94,999 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| France | - | 2 | 1:33,235,170 | 58,100 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nepal | 100% | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Russia | 100% | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
Esau (23,495) may also be a surname.
Esau Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘hairy', the name of the elder s. of Isaac. Occasionally used as a christian name since the 17th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hebrew ‘hairy’. Popularised in England by the Biblical story of Esau, that elder son of Isaac and Rebecca who sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for a mess of pottage. It is dying out.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
From the Greek’Ησαυ, from the Scripture name עֵשָׂו, Esau, signifying hairy, covered with hair. Simonis renders the name ‘totus pilosus; from Arab. عتا, a’thā, coma prolixa, pilis longibus fuit.’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
E'-saw, he that does or finishes. The son of Isaac by Rebekah, born A. M. 2168. See Gen. xxv. 24, &c.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: shaggy: his doings.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Rough: hairy: he that finishes.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 369 (2014)
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