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Isra

Isra: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“night journey”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
IZ-rah · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Isra comes from Arabic and refers to the Night Journey in Islamic tradition. It is a well-established feminine given name in Muslim communities.

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How popular is Isra?

202441.0 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 Isra in 2024136

2024 rank#1,615 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,639

Isra is rising: use over the last five years is 2.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Isra

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Isra questions

What does the name Isra mean?

Isra means "night journey". It comes from Arabic. Isra comes from Arabic and refers to the Night Journey in Islamic tradition. It is a well-established feminine given name in Muslim communities.

Is Isra a boy or girl name?

Isra is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Isra?

136 US babies were named Isra in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Isra?

Isra is usually pronounced IZ-rah.

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.