Given name & surname · also Polish
Iza
Iza is a feminine given name from Polish, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Polish, Hungarian, and Slovak.
Original PolishIzabela
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Iza comes from Polish, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Polish usage, Iza is a diminutive of IZABELA.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Iza through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 480
- 6 boys · 474 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,108 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +29%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,108 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 590 as a first name in 2020; 264 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.
Iza’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Iza is a diminutive of Izabella. In Slovak usage, Iza has a related form in IZABELA. In Hungarian usage, Iza is a shortened form of Izabella.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Iza has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Iza
- Iza MoszczeńskaPolish journalist1864–1941
- Iza OrjonikidzeGeorgian writer, Member of the Parliament of Georgia (1938-2010)
- Iza Bieżuńska-MałowistPolish historian1917–1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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