Given name & surname
Isa
“my God is bountiful”·“God is salvation”·“God is my salvation”
In English use, Isa is a diminutive of Isabel. In Spanish use, Isabel carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.” Isa is a variant of Isaiah. Interpretations include “God is salvation” (Hebrew) and “God is my salvation” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Isa is a diminutive of Isabel. In Spanish use, Isabel carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.” Isa is a variant of Isaiah. Interpretations include “God is salvation” (Hebrew) and “God is my salvation” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions. In French use, Isa has a related form in Issa. One Hebrew interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Isa is a variant of Isaiah. An origin associated with Isaiah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Isa is an affectionate form of Isabella. In English usage, Isa is a diminutive of Isabel.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Isa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,575
- 3,142 boys · 3,433 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 372 babies
- 2025
- 372
- #933 for boys · #1,717 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +30%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 62% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 253 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 933 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 47.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 119 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (32). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,145 as a first name in 2020; 1,238 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Isa’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Isa is an affectionate form of Isabella. Isa has a related form in Isaiah. In English usage, Isa is a diminutive of Isabel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Isa has relatives in 13 languages.
36 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 28
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- Isahlikely spelling
- 伊佐original script
- ဤသာoriginal script
- 伊紗original script · Japanese
- いさoriginal script · Japanese
- 伊砂original script · Japanese
- 依佐original script · Japanese
- 衣砂original script · Japanese
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- 意瑳original script · Japanese
- 惟瑳original script · Japanese
- 依瑳original script · Japanese
- 衣瑳original script · Japanese
- 伊作original script · Japanese
- 伊瑳original script · Japanese
- 伊沙original script · Japanese
- 伊早original script · Japanese
- 伊三original script · Japanese
- 以沙original script · Japanese
- 以砂original script · Japanese
- 以瑳original script · Japanese
- 以早original script · Japanese
- 以紗original script · Japanese
- 以作original script · Japanese
- 以佐original script · Japanese
- 勇original script · Japanese
- Ισάin another script · Greek
- Ίσαin another script · Greek
- Išalikely spelling
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Isa
- Isa MustafaKosovo Albanian politician (born 1951)
- Isa bin Salman Al KhalifaEmir of Bahrain (1961-1999)1933–1999
- Isa BoletiniKosovo Albanian guerilla leader (1864-1916)
- Isa GambarAzerbaijani politician (born 1957)
- Al-Mu'azzam IsaAyyubid Sultan of Damascus 1218–12271176–1227
- Isa BrionesAmerican actor (born 1999)
- Isa HabibbayliPh.D. in philology, professorborn 1949
- Isa KremerRussian American singer (1887-1956)
- Isa GenzkenGerman sculptor (born 1948)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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