Meaning of the nameIsa

Isa is a feminine name, a short form of Isabel, Isabela and Isadora, names that come from Hebrew and Greek.

Meaning

The meaning of Isa is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 16,651
Rank in Brazil: #1,198
Median age: 23 years
2010 Census: 12,547; people

Isa in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Isa, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (3,158 people).

16,505 women 146 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Isa is most common

States with the highest share of people named Isa in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Piauí 0.017%
Bahia 0.015%
Maranhão 0.014%
Acre 0.012%
Distrito Federal 0.012%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,198	0.005%
Bahia	2,044	0.015%
Minas Gerais	1,971	0.010%
Rio de Janeiro	1,611	0.010%
Maranhão	933	0.014%
Ceará	842	0.010%
Pará	788	0.010%
Goiás	788	0.011%
Pernambuco	662	0.007%
Piauí	548	0.017%
Rio Grande do Sul	425	0.004%
Amazonas	423	0.011%
Paraná	390	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	351	0.011%
Santa Catarina	340	0.005%
Distrito Federal	336	0.012%
Paraíba	309	0.008%
Espírito Santo	290	0.008%
Mato Grosso	246	0.007%
Sergipe	238	0.011%
Alagoas	222	0.007%
Tocantins	174	0.012%
Mato Grosso do Sul	155	0.006%
Rondônia	108	0.007%
Acre	101	0.012%
Roraima	82	0.013%
Amapá	76	0.010%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Isa

Wiktionary gives Isa as a diminutive of Isabel, Isabela and Isadora; Behind the Name lists it as a short form of Isabella. Isabel comes, through Old Occitan and Latin, from the Hebrew Elisheva, 'my God is an oath', while Isadora comes from the Greek Isídōros, 'gift of Isis'. Because it can point to names with different meanings, Isa has no single meaning. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,651 people named Isa, with a median age of 23.

Sources

Wiktionary: Isa · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Isa (2) · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Isabel · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Isadora · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Isidore · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Isa-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Isa

What does the name Isa mean?

The meaning of Isa is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Isa in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 16,651 people with the first name Isa, which ranks it number 1,198 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Isa a boy's or a girl's name?

Isa is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 16,505 women and 146 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Isa?

Isa is a name of Hebrew and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Isa most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.017% of the state's population is named Isa (548 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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