Given name & surname
Issah
“a gift of God”
Issah is a variant of Issa. One Hebrew interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Issah is a variant of Issa. One Hebrew interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Issah is a variant of Issa. An origin associated with Issa is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Issah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 66
- 66 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −78%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 280 as a first name in 2020; 225 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Issah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.