Arabic origin
Source-reportedBorrowed from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).
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- Wiktionary: ĪsaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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[ʔɪːˈsa] · Tausug (Sinūgan Parianun)
01 / Meaning & origin
Īsa is a masculine given name documented in Tausug. English Wiktionary traces it to Arabic عِيسَى.
Borrowed from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).
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Isa— “iron”
Isa is an old German feminine. Isambart, or iron splendour, is the best known of all the varieties, having been used in France as Ysambar, and travelled to England as the suitable baptismal name of the two engineers, to whom so much of our ‘iron splendour’ is due. Its German contractions are Isabert and Isbert.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter III (Names From Objects Connected With Mythology), Section XI (Weapon Names) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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