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Isa

Isa: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Jesus”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
EE-suh · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (54% girls, 46% boys since 1880)

ʿĪsā is the Arabic form of Jesus. In Spanish and Portuguese, Isa is also used as a short form of names such as Isabel or Isadora, but as an independent name the Arabic origin is standard.

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How popular is Isa?

202495.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Isa in 2024316

2024 rank#1,026 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18806,197

Isa is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Isa

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JesusYahweh is salvation · Hebrew
  • IssaJesus · Arabic
  • Alihigh, exalted · Arabic
  • Amiriprincely, of a commander · Arabic
  • Kharicharitable · Arabic
  • RumiRoman; from Anatolia · Arabic
  • Samielevated, sublime · Arabic
  • Imanfaith · Arabic

Isa questions

What does the name Isa mean?

Isa means "Jesus". It comes from Arabic. ʿĪsā is the Arabic form of Jesus. In Spanish and Portuguese, Isa is also used as a short form of names such as Isabel or Isadora, but as an independent name the Arabic origin is standard.

Is Isa a boy or girl name?

Isa is used for both: about 54% of US babies named Isa since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Isa?

316 US babies were named Isa in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Isa?

Isa is usually pronounced EE-suh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.