Name caucasian baby Isaiah ....
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Name caucasian baby Isaiah ....
| Sat, 11-17-2007 - 4:51pm |
Hi!
Can anyone recommend a website that ranks baby names by ethnicity? I am fond of the name Isaiah, my wife is semi-open to the name. Her friends

This is all I could find
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2007/pr085-07.shtml
It's only for NYC. Isaiah ranked #7 for African American boys in 2006 in NYC. I had no idea it was popular with any specific ethnicity. I didn't associate it in any way - it sounds religious to me I guess and I don't picture any specific ethnicity. It's a nice name and I don't really see the problem. There are some names that don't cross ethnicities very well (Jamal, Lakshmi) but I don't think Isaiah is in that category.
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Ten years ago, I probably would have guessed that someone named Isaiah was African American but now biblical names are very popular with caucasians so I wouldn't be so quick to make a guess.
Isaiah, as i'm sure you know is a Hebrew name. and being a Bible name, has always been steadfast as being given as
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