Issa

Meaning and origin of Issa

Popularity of Issa in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Issa has been rising (+5.3% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Issa every 3.5 schools, all spellings combined.

Issa in English-speaking countries

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  612^th boys’ name55 babies in 3 years1 boy in 3,090

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  599^th boys’ name190 babies in 3 years1 boy in 4,349+10.7% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  875^th boys’ name6 babies in 3 years1 boy in 11,971

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,596^th boys’ name322 babies in 3 years1 boy in 15,968+6.1% a year

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Scotland, Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Issa, Ïssa, Issâ and Îssa are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Ïssa40
• Issâ25
• Îssa10
• Issah (in French)35
• Yssa (in French)20

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Issa

• Ilyes
• Imran
• Ali
• Idriss
• Naïm
• Anas
• Rayan
• Amir
• Kaïs
• Ayoub
• Moussa
• Haroun

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin
• 83^rdTop 100 French boy names