Issa

Where Issa comes from

From Arabic عيسى (“Jesus”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Issa
  • Arabic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1969
    First appearance
    #4,404 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2024
    Peak, #1,530
    115 babies named Issa — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.