Isa

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

1) Short form of names ending in -isa/-iisa/-ise/-issa [1]

2) Short form of names beginning with Is-/Isa- [1]

3) In Finland, Isa and its variants are used as pet forms for any names beginning with I- [2]

Related Names

     
Iisa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Iissa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Iisu ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Isa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Isá ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Ise ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Isi ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Issa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Isse ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Issi ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Iza ♀ Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

Name Day

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

11 February

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1866 [1]

Statistics

The reason for its statistic male ranking below is that Isa is also a male Arabic name borne by immigrants in the Nordic countries:

Arabic عيسى ('Isa) = Arabic form of the Hebrew name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshu'a), see Josva

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m3.png 1353 1945 400 518
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m3.png 222 n.a. 130 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m3.png 80 181 100 134
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m2.png n.a. 834 n.a 36
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][4][5][6]:Name statistics for Isa(f)



Statistics data also for opposite gender variant found. Refer to Isa (male name)to see which variant is more common.

Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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