Isela
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning a form of Gisela; pledge or hostage.
Babies a year
77
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Isela by the numbers
Isela was given to 77 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 196 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Gisela
Like Isela, each of these traces back to Gisela: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Isela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean an oath or promise
Like Isela, each of these has an oath or promise in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elizagod is my oath; short form of Elizabeth712 in England and Wales (2025)
- Isabelgod is my oath; form of Elizabeth2,016 in the US (2017)
- Elisemy god is an oath; a form of Elisabeth1,707 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Isela
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