Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Filipino usage, Isay is a diminutive of Melissa. In Filipino usage, Isay is a diminutive of Marissa.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Isay through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 84
- 84 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 210 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.
Isay’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Isay is a diminutive of Melissa. In Filipino usage, Isay is a diminutive of Marissa. In Filipino usage, Isay is a diminutive of Luisa.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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