Iza
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in England and Wales.
Iza by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Iza. In the US, 19 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 20 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Iza
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 Iza. 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)
Sounds like Iza
Names that are said the same way as Iza, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.