Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Israa isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Israa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 675
- 0 boys · 675 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #5,146 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,146 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,056 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.
Israa’s family of names
Israa may belong to the same name family as ISRRAA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Israa
- Esra'a Al ShafeiBahraini activistborn 1986
- Israa Abdel FattahEgyptian blogger who participated in the activities leading to the 2011 Egyptian revolutionborn 1978
- Esra DermancıoğluTurkish actor (born 1968)
- Esra ErdoğanTurkish sociologist (born 1983)
- Israa HamwiahSyrian footballerborn 1991
- Esra RonabarTurkish actor (born 1978)
- Esra KızıldoğanTurkish actor (born 1979)
- Esra GündarTurkish handball player (born 1980)
- Israa JaabisPalestinian prisonerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.