Issa
A unisex name of Hebrew origin, meaning salvation; a form of Isaiah.
Issa by the numbers
In 2025, 59 babies in England and Wales were named Issa. In the US, 105 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 80 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Isaiah
Like Issa, each of these traces back to Isaiah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- IsaiasGod is salvation; form of Isaiah506 in the US (2017)
- IzaiahGod is my salvation; variant of Isaiah494 in the US (2017)
- Jasiahgod has made; a respelling of Jasaiah or Isaiah480 in the US (2017)
- Jesiahgod is salvation; a form of Isaiah or Jesaiah305 in the US (2017)
- IzayahGod is salvation; a modern spelling of Isaiah179 in the US (2017)
- IsiahGod is salvation; variant of Isaiah169 in the US (2017)
- Jessiahgod is salvation; a form of Isaiah147 in the US (2017)
- Shayagift from god; a form of Shaya or Isaiah13 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Issa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Isajesus; form of Issa or Yisa207 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Issa
Names that are said the same way as Issa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean salvation
Like Issa, each of these has salvation in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Joshuathe Lord is salvation8,251 in the US (2017)
- Isaiahsalvation of the Lord7,170 in the US (2017)
- Jesusgod is salvation2,741 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- Josuegod is salvation; a form of Joshua1,532 in the US (2017)
- Ellisgod is my salvation; a form of Elias582 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Issa
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