Given name · also Turkish
İsa
İsa is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
İsa comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish عیسی (Îsâ), from Arabic عِيسَى.
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İsa’s family of names
In Turkish usage, İsa shares a linguistic root with the Bashkir form Ғайса. In Turkish usage, İsa has a conventional equivalent in the German form Jesus. In Turkish usage, İsa has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Ιησούς.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
İsa has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
6 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named İsa
- İsa ÇelebiOttoman prince (1380-1407), son of Bayezid I1378–1403
- Isa MunayevChechen military commander (1965-2015)
- Isa AlptekinUyghuri activist (1901-1995)
- Isa QosjaAlbanian film director, screenwriter and actorborn 1947
- Isa ibn MusaHeir apparent of the Abbasid Caliphate721–783
- Isa ibn al-Shaykh al-Shaybani9th-century Arab leader of the Shayban tribe801–880
- İsa NecatiOttoman court poet (1444–1506)
- Isa KelemechiMongol scientist and diplomat1225–1308
- Isa Mohammed BaguduNigerian politician1948–2007
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