Isa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "isa"
English
Proper noun
Isa
- A diminutive of the female given name Isabel or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name.
- 1885 Arthur's Home Magazine, Volume 53, page 165:
- Even "Liz" brought little to his memory; though he said: "The name does recall the fact of a sister. But why call her Isa?" "Just as easy as Liz, or any of the lot, Eliza, Elizabeth, Betsy and Bess. Isa, that's, I think, a sort of a city name," Lee said, with a shadow of a smile.
- 2010, Margaret Forster, Isa & May, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 5:
- It's an awkward name: Isamay, pronounced Is-a-may. Isa is my paternal grandmother's name (shortened from Isabel) and May my maternal grandmother's (it comes, somehow, from Margaret). The amalgamation is, as you see, strictly alphabetical. Life, I feel, would have been much easier if they had chosen Maybel.
- 1885 Arthur's Home Magazine, Volume 53, page 165:
Etymology 2
Transliteration of Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or anglicized from Turkish İsa, both equivalents of Jesus as a given name.
See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.za/
Proper noun
Isa f
- a diminutive of the female given name Isabelle or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name
Etymology 2
Transliteration of Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or anglicized from Turkish İsa, both equivalents of Jesus as a given name.
Proper noun
Isa m or f
- a unisex given name or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name
Hausa
Proper noun
Īsā m
- Jesus (a prophet in Islam, regarded as the son of God in Christianity)
- a male given name: Jesus
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /isa/
- Hyphenation: i‧sa
See also
Further reading
- “Isa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Maranao
Spanish
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Swedish
Etymology
From a pet form of Isabella, Lovisa and Louise. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1866.
References
Statistics Sweden: 2181 females with the given name Isa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2013, with the highest frequency in the 2000s decade. Accessed on 12 April 2014.
Anagrams
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