Isa
proper nounproper nounattested in dialogue
- //ˈisə//
A diminutive of the female given name Isabel or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name.
proper noun
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A diminutive of the female given name Isabel or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name.
Even "Liz" brought little to his memory; though he said: "The name does recall the fact of a sister. But why call her Isa?" "Just as easy as Liz, or any of the lot, Eliza, Elizabeth, Betsy and Bess. Isa, that's, I think, a sort of a city name," Lee said, with a shadow of a smile.
It's an awkward name: Isamay, pronounced Is-a-may. Isa is my paternal grandmother's name (shortened from Isabel) and May my maternal grandmother's (it comes, somehow, from Margaret). The amalgamation is, as you see, strictly alphabetical. Life, I feel, would have been much easier if they had chosen Maybel.
Etymology
From Isabel, Isabella and Isabelle.
proper noun
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Jesus, a prophet of Islam. Understood to be Jesus of Nazareth.
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A male given name from Arabic mainly used by Muslims.
Etymology
Transliteration of Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or anglicized from Turkish İsa, both equivalents of Jesus as a given name.
Isa · A diminutive of the female given name Isabel or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name.
Isaac · The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from…isabel · Synonym of isabella.Isabel · A female given name from Hebrew.