Issa (first name)
Issa (Arabic عيسى) is a mostly male, rarely female first name .
Origin and meaning
The male first name Issa is a predominantly West African variant of the Arabic first name Isa , the Arabic name for Jesus .
The feminine first name Issa is a short form of first names ending in -isa or -issa, like Clarissa .
In Germany Issa was given as a male first name in 2008 and as a female first name in 2011.
Name bearer
Male first name
- Issa Ba (* 1981), Senegalese football player
- Issa Bagayogo (1961–2016), Malian musician
- Issa Malick Coulibaly (* 1953), Ivorian politician
- Issa Diop (* 1997), French football player
- Issa Hassan ( Arabic عيسى حسن; * 1970), Kurdish musician and composer
- Issa Hayatou (* 1946), Cameroonian athlete and sports official
- Issa Ibrahim (1922–1991), Nigerien politician
- Issa Kamara (* 1992), Sierra Leonean football player
- Issa Manglind (* 1971), Swedish football player
- Issa Ndoye (* 1985), Senegalese football player
- Issa Alexandrowitsch Pliev (1903–1979), Soviet military commander and army general
- Issa Samb (1945–2017), Senegalese visual artist
Female first name
- Issa Rae (* 1985), American actress, film producer, screenwriter and director
stage name
- Jane Siberry (* 1955), Canadian pop and folk singer
See also
- Kobayashi Issa (Japanese 小林 一 茶; 1763–1828), Japanese haiku poet