Isa Forename
933rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 967,470 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria
Isa Forename Definition:
A female name. Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 says of this ‘Isa is an old German feminine revived by a poetess of our own day’. I have not been able to identify the poetess, and it is not clear whether the remark means that Isa was her own name or one used in her poems.
Read More About This ForenameIsa Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 504,047 | 1:352 | 40 |
| Iran | 83% | 113,497 | 1:692 | 139 |
| Turkey | 100% | 105,850 | 1:735 | 150 |
| Indonesia | 88% | 33,805 | 1:7,631 | 1,008 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 28,666 | 1:3,403 | 565 |
| India | 63% | 24,272 | 1:50,053 | 6,724 |
| Uganda | 98% | 19,317 | 1:2,120 | 316 |
| Afghanistan | 95% | 15,374 | 1:2,122 | 378 |
| Russia | 99% | 13,346 | 1:10,807 | 376 |
| Brazil | 100% | 12,532 | 1:17,095 | 1,649 |
| Azerbaijan | 93% | 8,191 | 1:1,177 | 283 |
| DR Congo | 61% | 6,533 | 1:11,301 | 1,113 |
| Germany | 85% | 6,075 | 1:15,914 | 849 |
| Egypt | 100% | 5,596 | 1:16,423 | 1,337 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5,414 | 1:35,899 | 2,322 |
| Malaysia | 90% | 4,210 | 1:7,233 | 840 |
| United States | 72% | 3,956 | 1:91,642 | 4,185 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,879 | 1:7,506 | 1,003 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2,768 | 1:19,071 | 1,967 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 2,617 | 1:6,781 | 687 |
| France | 52% | 2,530 | 1:26,273 | 1,070 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,474 | 1:64,455 | 5,095 |
| Libya | - | 2,387 | 1:2,606 | 463 |
| Kosovo | - | 2,359 | 1:789 | 163 |
| Italy | 100% | 2,355 | 1:25,929 | 985 |
| Israel | 98% | 2,222 | 1:3,782 | 684 |
| Nepal | 68% | 2,143 | 1:13,293 | 1,408 |
| Philippines | 57% | 1,914 | 1:55,386 | 3,902 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,776 | 1:759 | 124 |
| Japan | 100% | 1,688 | 1:75,821 | 3,768 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Albania | 100% | 1,516 | 1:2,010 | 435 |
| Cambodia | 93% | 1,503 | 1:10,827 | 1,299 |
| Sweden | 68% | 1,309 | 1:7,531 | 727 |
| Spain | 57% | 1,116 | 1:41,694 | 1,809 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 99% | 1,049 | 1:5,694 | 892 |
| North Macedonia | 93% | 879 | 1:2,379 | 466 |
| Mexico | 94% | 775 | 1:160,186 | 3,212 |
| Netherlands | 66% | 766 | 1:22,065 | 2,057 |
| England | 80% | 758 | 1:73,355 | 3,043 |
| Somalia | - | 758 | 1:17,844 | 1,375 |
| Ecuador | - | 671 | 1:26,419 | 1,339 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 667 | 1:15,639 | 1,590 |
| Belgium | 83% | 655 | 1:17,542 | 1,432 |
| Serbia | 88% | 645 | 1:11,079 | 904 |
| Canada | 53% | 596 | 1:55,593 | 3,532 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 549 | 1:55,013 | 3,135 |
| Georgia | 100% | 509 | 1:7,345 | 748 |
| Switzerland | 99% | 480 | 1:17,111 | 1,307 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 427 | 1:72,099 | 2,348 |
| Poland | 97% | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| Greece | 77% | 414 | 1:26,412 | 1,188 |
| Bulgaria | 98% | 410 | 1:17,050 | 1,407 |
| South Africa | 78% | 403 | 1:135,317 | 9,890 |
| Finland | 91% | 395 | 1:13,881 | 925 |
| Cape Verde | - | 368 | 1:1,438 | 244 |
| Denmark | - | 356 | 1:15,869 | 1,057 |
| Austria | 93% | 337 | 1:25,265 | 1,043 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Morocco | - | 328 | 1:104,721 | 3,418 |
| Thailand | 58% | 287 | 1:244,132 | 14,953 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63% | 281 | 1:29,012 | 2,880 |
| Zimbabwe | 91% | 254 | 1:60,724 | 4,999 |
| Chad | - | 247 | 1:55,054 | 5,059 |
| Kenya | 93% | 237 | 1:195,389 | 8,025 |
| Scotland | 100% | 216 | 1:24,770 | 1,094 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 209 | 1:77,074 | 1,991 |
| Niger | 95% | 201 | 1:95,443 | 3,664 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 174 | 1:31,453 | 629 |
| Argentina | 58% | 161 | 1:265,672 | 2,802 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 157 | 1:45,554 | 4,156 |
| Norway | 76% | 145 | 1:35,395 | 1,666 |
| Congo | 100% | 141 | 1:35,526 | 2,991 |
| Chile | 86% | 140 | 1:125,766 | 2,891 |
| Colombia | 100% | 127 | 1:376,212 | 6,628 |
| Slovenia | 57% | 118 | 1:20,837 | 1,309 |
| New Zealand | - | 114 | 1:39,790 | 2,376 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 114 | 1:73,464 | 2,601 |
| Australia | - | 110 | 1:124,160 | 4,075 |
| China | - | 103 | 1:13,262,677 | 59,895 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 95 | 1:3,349 | 670 |
| Cuba | - | 91 | 1:126,446 | 2,276 |
| Iraq | - | 87 | 1:402,504 | 4,983 |
| Panama | 100% | 87 | 1:44,903 | 3,146 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 79 | 1:17,233 | 2,156 |
| Qatar | 100% | 77 | 1:30,774 | 4,184 |
| El Salvador | - | 65 | 1:97,566 | 2,072 |
| Peru | 87% | 65 | 1:489,099 | 8,795 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 61 | 1:58,202 | 1,485 |
| Brunei | 100% | 53 | 1:7,916 | 673 |
| Singapore | 100% | 52 | 1:120,905 | 7,686 |
| Senegal | 53% | 44 | 1:331,394 | 5,241 |
| Zambia | - | 44 | 1:360,336 | 9,638 |
| Hong Kong | - | 42 | 1:184,589 | 3,204 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 37 | 1:79,319 | 5,615 |
| Liberia | 88% | 36 | 1:122,557 | 4,984 |
| Burkina Faso | 76% | 34 | 1:540,573 | 18,028 |
| Nicaragua | 94% | 30 | 1:200,611 | 5,115 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| Honduras | 100% | 27 | 1:326,573 | 6,025 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 27 | 1:880,359 | 36,323 |
| Angola | 100% | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Costa Rica | 94% | 19 | 1:250,945 | 5,192 |
| Iceland | - | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| Croatia | 54% | 17 | 1:248,063 | 3,890 |
| New Caledonia | - | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Ireland | 99% | 15 | 1:309,568 | 4,642 |
| Belarus | 83% | 15 | 1:632,159 | 3,807 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 15 | 1:42,305 | 2,049 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 15 | 1:482,454 | 4,853 |
| Armenia | 100% | 14 | 1:208,482 | 3,697 |
| Uruguay | - | 14 | 1:244,831 | 4,102 |
| Benin | 100% | 12 | 1:881,320 | 23,430 |
| Jamaica | - | 12 | 1:240,269 | 7,382 |
| Bolivia | - | 10 | 1:1,060,140 | 3,387 |
| Czechia | 86% | 10 | 1:1,065,616 | 3,543 |
| Oman | - | 10 | 1:410,867 | 4,770 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 10 | 1:17,782 | 1,938 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 10 | 1:10,975 | 1,397 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Estonia | 100% | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 9 | 1:2,563,993 | 53,027 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 8 | 1:72,620 | 4,185 |
| Wales | 57% | 8 | 1:386,789 | 5,520 |
| Hungary | 84% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Andorra | - | 5 | 1:16,577 | 726 |
| Grenada | 67% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Lebanon | - | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 5 | 1:112,810 | 2,667 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Jordan | - | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | 100% | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Iša (45), Isä (5), Isá (2), Ísá (1) & Îsâ (1) are calculated separately.
Isa (905,866) may also be a surname.
Isa Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 says of this ‘Isa is an old German feminine revived by a poetess of our own day’. I have not been able to identify the poetess, and it is not clear whether the remark means that Isa was her own name or one used in her poems. Isa is presumably a hypocoristic form of one of the names compounded with Old German Is, Isan ‘iron’.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
An occasional American f. name. Is it the German f. ‘Christian’, Isa, ‘iron’?
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
This female name has been translated ‘iron;’ if so it comes from the Greek eisen, but it is more probably derived from the head or tail of some name. It may come from Isabella or from Adeliza.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Greek name, meaning: Equal.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Teutonic name, meaning: With a spirit like iron. (Greek) Equal.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Isa Forename Popularity
Isa Demographics
Average Male Isa Height
173.48 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 123 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Isa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Isa in the Russian language | ||
| Иса | isa | - |
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