Issah
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Issah by the numbers
Issah was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Issah
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 Issah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Issache laughs; variant spelling of Isaac432 in the US (2017)
- IsiahGod is salvation; variant of Isaiah169 in the US (2017)
- Issasalvation; a form of Isaiah59 in England and Wales (2025)
- Issakhe will laugh; variant of Isaac11 in the US (2017)
- Issamprotection; safeguard3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Issiahgod is salvation; a form of Isaiah6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Issah
Names that are said the same way as Issah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Issah
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