Ismah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in England and Wales.
Ismah by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Ismah.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Ismah
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 Ismah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Islahreconciliation; reform; correction58 in the US (2017)
- Ismaexalted, lofty; feminine form of ismail3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Isbah5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Israh5 in the US (2017)
- Izzahmight; dignity; power44 in England and Wales (2025)
- Israanight journey; traveller by night21 in England and Wales (2025)
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