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 [ syll. i-sla, is-la ] The girl name Isla is pronounced IH-Lah KEY. Isla is of Scottish origin and it is also used mainly in Scottish. The first name is a 20th century coinage. It is sometimes considered a diminutive of Isabella. Isla is the feminine version of the Scottish Islay. See also the related form, the Spanish, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, and Scandinavian Isabella. Isla is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name has been growing in popularity since the 2000s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.024% of baby girls being named Isla. It had a ranking of #623 then. Among the family of girl names directly related to Isla, the Spanish, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, and Scandinavian Isabella was the most popular in 2008. It was more widely used than Isla by 38 times in that year. Baby names that sound like Isla include the Hebrew Illa, the Hungarian Ila, the Hungarian and Indian Eli, the English and German Ilia, the English and Italian Iole, the English Iolee, the Romanian Iulia, and the Greek Aeola. A famous person named Isla is Isla Fisher, Actress, born 3 February 1976. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Isla: IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
