Isa

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "isa"

English

Etymology 1

From Isabel, Isabella and Isabelle.

Proper noun

Isa

  1. 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.

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or anglicized from Turkish İsa, both equivalents of Jesus as a given name.

Proper noun

Isa

  1. A male given name from Arabic mainly used by Muslims.

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Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Isabel, Isabella and Isabelle.

Proper noun

Isa f

  1. 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

  1. a male given name from Arabic mainly used by Muslims

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Isa m or f

  1. a unisex given name or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Īsā m

  1. Jesus (a prophet in Islam, regarded as the son of God in Christianity)
  2. a male given name: Jesus

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay Isa, from Classical Malay Isa, from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /isa/
  • Hyphenation: i‧sa

Proper noun

Isa

  1. (Islam) Jesus (Isa), son of Mary, revered as a major prophet in Islam.

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Japanese

Romanization

Isa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いさ

Malay

Proper noun

Isa

  1. (Islam) Jesus

Maranao

Proper noun

Isa

  1. Jesus

References

Portuguese

Proper noun

Isa f

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Isabela

Spanish

Proper noun

Isa f

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Isabel

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Isa

  1. Jesus (used by Muslims)

Synonyms

  • Yesu (used by Christians, or in secular contexts)

Swedish

Etymology

From a pet form of Isabella, Lovisa and Louise. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1866.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Isa c (genitive Isas)

  1. a female given name

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā). Compare Tausug Īsa and Malay Isa.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Isa (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ) (Islam)

  1. Jesus
    Synonyms: (especially Christianity) Hesus, (especially Christianity, obsolete) Sisus

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