Given name & surname

Isser

“one who is creative”

Isser is used as a given name and a surname. One Slavic interpretation is “one who is creative.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Slavic interpretation is “one who is creative.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Isser through the years

Babies since 1880
11
11 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2022
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012342025Highest share 20220.0
Isser in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2017–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Isser’s family of names

Isser has a related form in Issar. Isser has a related form in Issir. Isser has a related form in Issor.

Walk Isser’s family in the name graph

IsserΙσσέρIssurIssarIssorIssirIssyr

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 5

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Isser, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Slavic · Modern

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“work”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Ziven

“one who is vigorous; full of life”

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Darko

“a manly man”

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Zoran

“born with the morning's first light”

17Very rareSteady

>99% boys

Slavic languages · Modern

Janko

“God is gracious”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Slavic languages · Modern

Borna

Borna is a masculine given name from Slavic. It is used in English and Serbo-Croatian.

17Very rareSteady

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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