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 is a hit name throughout the English-speaking world but hasn't found the same popularity in other western countries, perhaps because its spelling and pronunciation don't make sense for those whose native language is not English. Think island without the final two letters.

Adding to the confusion, the name is a twin of the Spanish word for island, which is pronounced EES-la. 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.

Red-haired actress Isla Fisher, married to Sacha Baron Cohen, propelled the name to stardom. Isla Black Hitchens is a Harry Potter character; Queen Elizabeth has a great-granddaughter named Isla Elizabeth Phillips.

Some other similar names that are not as trendy as Isla: Islay and Ailsa.

Isla Rank in US Top 1000

# 35 in the US

Isla Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 10 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Isla

• 35 US 2024
• 10 Nameberry 2025
• 13 Canada 2023
• 26 Future 2035
• 3 England 2023
• 2 Scotland 2024
• 13 Ireland 2024
• 3 Australia 2024
• 1 New Zealand 2024
• 5 Finland 2024

20 Names Similar to Isla

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Isla.

• Maeve
• Mila
• Nora
• Cora
• Quinn
• Harper
• Elodie
• Lila
• Evelyn
• Eloise
• Adeline
• Maisie
• Avery
• Everly
• Evie
• Rowan
• Eden
• Stella
• Adelaide
• Mae

Famous People Named Isla

• Isla Lang Fisher Australian actress
• Isla Blair Anglo,Scottish actress
• Isla Cameron Scottish actress and singer
• Isla St Clair (born Isabella Margaret Dyce) Scottish actress and singer
• Isla Fiona Traquair Scottish broadcast journalist
• Isla Short Scottish racing cyclist
• Isla Watt English 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 Parcell daughter of blogger Rachel Parcell
• Isla Woodhouse daughter 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

The name Isla in Pop Culture

• Isla Martin character in "Isla and the Happily Ever After" by Stephanie Perkins
• Isla Black Hitchens character in the Harry Potter series
• Isla Forsythe character on British soap "Emmerdale"
• Princess Isla character from "Across a Star Swept Sea" by Diana Peterfreund
• Isla character in movie "Barbie and the Twelve Dancing Princesses"
• Isla the Ice Star Fairy character in "Rainbow Magic"
• Isla a character in the anime "Plastic Memories"
• Isla Schultz character on Australian soap "Home and Away"
• Isla McCulloch character on British soap "EastEnders"
• "La Isla Bonita " song by Madonna
• Isla character on Netflix's "The Discovery"
• Isla character I’m Barbie a Princess Charm School