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Isis

Pronounced /ˈaɪ.sɪs/

Rank in 2024
#1,083
Born in 2024
228
Peak year
2005 · #522
Origin
Egyptian

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 228 girls were named Isis, about 1 in every 7,075.
  • It peaked in 2005 with 561 babies, ranked #522.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1901.
  • 11,750 girls have been named Isis since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Isis per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.3
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 23 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 557 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,705 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,538 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,922 babies, 0.09 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

==== Proper noun ==== Isis (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic; also worshiped by (some) Greeks during the Hellenistic period and featured in Greek mythology, and by Romans involved in what was categorized as the Cult of Isis. (astronomy) 42 Isis, a main belt asteroid. (uncommon) A female given name from Egyptian or Ancient Greek. ===== Usage notes ===== As a female given name, its popularity peaked in 2005 in the US and 2010 in the Netherlands.

  • (uncommon) A female given name from Egyptian or Ancient Greek.
Origin
Egyptian
Say it
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Isis, CC BY-SA 4.0.