Iga
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 21 babies a year in England and Wales.
Babies a year
21
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1454
21 babies
Iga by the numbers
In 2025, 21 babies in England and Wales were named Iga.
What we can tell you about Iga
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Iga. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Irawatchful, vigilant339 in the US (2017)
- Ilaearth or the world230 in the US (2017)
- Isajesus; form of Issa or Yisa207 in England and Wales (2025)
- Idaprosperous, wealthy126 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ivagift of god; diminutive of ivan or similar115 in the US (2017)
- Inapure; a form of Ina or suffix indicating feminine12 in England and Wales (2025)