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.
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.
# 57 in the US
Isla Rank in US Top 1000
Isla Popularity
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Famous People Named Isla
- Isla Lang FisherAustralian actress
- Isla BlairAnglo,Scottish actress
- Isla CameronScottish actress and singer
- Isla St Clair (born Isabella Margaret Dyce)Scottish actress and singer
- Isla Fiona TraquairScottish broadcast journalist
- Isla ShortScottish racing cyclist
- Isla WattEnglish actress
- Isla Elizabeth Angela Griffith Bamber (b. 2003)daughter of actors Kerry Norton and Jamie Bamber
- Isla Lampard (b. 2007)daughter of footballer Frank Lampard and Elen Rivas
- Isla Lough (b. 2007)daughter of distance runners Paula Radcliffe and Gary Lough
- Isla Grace Halls (b. 2012)daughter of TV host Monty Halls
- Isla Elizabeth Phillips (b. 2012)daughter of Peter Phillips; great,granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II
- Isla Grace Sidwell (b. 2012)daughter of actor Aaron Sidwell
- Isla Hefford Kauth (b. 2013)daughter of ice hockey players Jayna Hefford and Kathleen Kauth
- Isla Elizabeth Collins (b. 2014)daughter of singer Max Collins of band Eve 6
- Isla Rose Parcelldaughter of blogger Rachel Parcell
- Isla Woodhousedaughter of footballer Curtis Woodhouse
- Isla Rose Giacone (b. 2016)daughter of TV personalities Tony and Alyssa Giacone of "The Real World: Skeletons"
- Isla Rose Earnhardt (b.2018)daughter of American stock car racing driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Amy Reimann.
- Isla Rose Klein (b. 2018)daughter of American actor Chris Klein
Isla in Pop Culture
- Isla Martincharacter in "Isla and the Happily Ever After" by Stephanie Perkins
- Isla Black Hitchenscharacter in the Harry Potter series
- Isla Forsythecharacter on British soap "Emmerdale"
- Princess Islacharacter from "Across a Star Swept Sea" by Diana Peterfreund
- Islacharacter in movie "Barbie and the Twelve Dancing Princesses"
- Isla the Ice Star Fairycharacter in "Rainbow Magic"
- Islaa character in the anime "Plastic Memories"
- Isla Schultzcharacter on Australian soap "Home and Away"
- Isla McCullochcharacter on British soap "EastEnders"
- "La Isla Bonita" song by Madonna
- Islacharacter on Netflix's "The Discovery"
- Islacharacter I’m Barbie a Princess Charm School