Isla
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Isla
- A female given name transferred from the place name. Coined in the twentieth century from an archaic spelling of Islay, an island in the Hebrides.
- A river in eastern Scotland, tributary to the Tay.
- A river in northeastern Scotland, tributary to the Spey.
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Spanish Isla. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
Proper noun edit
Isla (plural Islas)
- A surname from Spanish.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Isla is the 36204th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 619 individuals. Isla is most common among Hispanic/Latino (52.02%), Asian/Pacific Islander (33.12%) and White (11.15%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Isla”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234.
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Isla
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Isla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Isla | Islat | ||
genitive | Islan | Islojen | ||
partitive | Islaa | Isloja | ||
illative | Islaan | Isloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Isla | Islat | ||
accusative | nom. | Isla | Islat | |
gen. | Islan | |||
genitive | Islan | Islojen Islainrare | ||
partitive | Islaa | Isloja | ||
inessive | Islassa | Isloissa | ||
elative | Islasta | Isloista | ||
illative | Islaan | Isloihin | ||
adessive | Islalla | Isloilla | ||
ablative | Islalta | Isloilta | ||
allative | Islalle | Isloille | ||
essive | Islana | Isloina | ||
translative | Islaksi | Isloiksi | ||
abessive | Islatta | Isloitta | ||
instructive | — | Isloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Isla is the 204th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,976 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,157 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From isla (“island”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Isla m or f by sense
- a surname