Isis

Where Isis comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin Īsis from Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis), from Egyptian st-t:H8-B1 (ꜣst).
— Wiktionary's entry for Isis
  • Egyptian
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1852
    Isis Pogson born
    British astronomer and meteorologist
  2. 1901
    First appearance
    #1,679 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1985
    Isis King born
    American model and actress
  4. 2005
    Peak, #522
    561 babies named Isis — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,778.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Egyptian or Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Isis King · American model and actress, born 1985
  • Isis Pogson · British astronomer and meteorologist, 1852–1945
  • Isis Holt · Australian track and field athlete, born 2001
  • Isis Casalduc · Puerto Rican beauty pageant contestant, born 1981
  • Isis Arrondo · French basketball player, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.