Given name · also Late Latin
Isaura
“of the soft breeze”
Isaura is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “of the soft breeze.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “of the soft breeze.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Late Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Isaura through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,520
- 0 boys · 1,520 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 63 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,633 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,633 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 19.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 63 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,596 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Isaura’s family of names
In Italian usage, Isaura has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form IZAURA. Isaura has a related form in Isaure. Isaura has a related form in Isaurea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Isaura
- Isaura GomesCape Verdean politician and pharmacistborn 1944
- IsauraPortuguese composer, singerborn 1989
- Isaura NavarroSpanish politicianborn 1973
- Isaura EspinozaMexican actress (born 1956)
- Isaura NyusiMozambican civil servantborn 1962
- Isaura AbelairasSpanish politician and teacher1951–2021
- Isaurinha GarciaBrazilian singer (1923-1993)1919–1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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