Boy name Arabic origin Muslim tradition

Isa

EE-sah · 3 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Jesus; God is salvation
Language
Arabic
Culture
Arab/Islamic
Religion
Muslim
Style era
timeless
Themes
religious · prophetic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#1029
2024 births216
Peak year2024
First appeared1915
Total US births2,883
2024 peak19151942197019972024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Is
Alternate spellings
EisaIssa
In other languages
Isa (Turkish)Issa (Persian)Yeshua (Hebrew)Jesus (English)

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