Iza

[mamadoodles]

Pronounced like eye-zuh/zah. I really like this name. What do you think of it? For a baby girl

I like the sound (though I imagined it was for a boy initially, perhaps a shortening of Isaac).

But the spelling looks a bit clunky to me.

I love Ayesha, which has a similar sound.

Depends where you are, you couldn't call a kid Isa if they ever intend on moving to Scotland. Search on YouTube or Google for 'Isa Still Game', she's a well loved character in a Scottish show, but is a wee old woman who's a gabshite.

I think you might get people thinking it's pronounced Izzer., like the start of Isabel. That's what I thought.

It sounds too like ISA (the money thing) for me too.

No from me. It looks like the start of Isabelle.

Isabelle or Liza would be better

What valleygirl said. Old-fashioned shortening for Isobel. In Scotland you will also find (currently unfashionable) names Ina (Eye-nah) and Mima (My-mah). The first is usually short for names ending in '-ina', and the second is short for Jemima.

I assumed you were thinking of it as a shortening of Isabel. I would automatically have pronounced it Izza.

I’d think you were really into tax efficient savings.

I couldn’t work out why it made me think of fizzy drinks, then I realised - Tizer.

I once worked with a Faiza and I thought that was quite a nice name.

Nice as a nickname for an Eliza

Makes me think of someone saying ‘it’s a’ lazily...Iza girl

Izal = that scrunchy harsh medicated toilet paper like tracing paper from years back.

Sorry, I don't like it.

We're currently considering Isa (eye-sah) for our puppy in honour of the fabulous Isa in Still Game. It's gonna be that or Beldie (bell-dee) probably!

I’d spell it Isa and to me the pronunciation of that would be I-za. But like the sound!

I do quite like it, but I'm Scottish so it's definitely Isa from Still Game!

"The people huv tae know!!!"😂

If you're not in Scotland it's fine though

I read it as Izzer as short fir Isabel too.

I like it. I have lived in Glasgow my whole life, have watched Still Game but didnt think of the character from that at all

It is a Polish short form for Izabela. Iz-a.
So I would not naturally pronounce it Eye-suh. If you live in a heavily eastern European area adults would naturally mispronounce it.

Both my grans were called Isa, short for Isabella, so to me the name conjures up my wee Fifer grans!

Me too Apollo - a great aunt, beautifully fabulous Scottish lady 'Aunty Isa' - I love it.

I read it as Izza, or Isa (kind of pronounced ee-za ) which is a French shortening for Isabelle.

Nope

Sounds like a cleaning product.

IZA- Say Goodbye To Skidmarks!

Isa is sometimes short for Isaac, so I would assume it was a boy.