Isla

EYE-la

Scottish place-name or Spanish

"island"

Isla Origin and Meaning

The name Isla is a girl's name of Spanish, Scottish origin meaning "island".

Isla, the Spanish word for island, is also the name of a Scottish river, an island (spelled Islay), and the red-haired actress Isla Fisher, married to Sacha Baron Cohen. A top girls' name in the US, Isla is also popular overseas, especially in England, Wales, and her native Scotland.

Isla Black Hitchens is a Harry Potter character; Queen Elizabeth has a great-granddaughter named Isla Elizabeth Phillips.

Isla is part of a trend for simple, old-fashioned girls’ names that start and end with a vowel: Ava, Ada, Ella, Emma, Eva, Ida, Ivy. Some other similar names that are not as trendy as Isla: Islay and Ailsa.

• 44 US 2020
• 5 Nameberry 2021
• 54 Future 2028
• 3 England 2019
• 1 Scotland 2020
• 26 Ireland 2020
• 4 Australia 2020
• 1 New Zealand 2020
• 7 Finland 2020