Isis is a female first name.
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Meaning
The initial popularity of the name derived from its association with the goddess Isis of the Egyptian pantheon.
Usage
Isis ranked among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls in the United States between 1994 and 2014, reaching peak popularity in 2005, when it was the 522nd most popular name for baby girls. The name was among the 1,000 most popular names for newborn girls in England and Wales at different points between 2012 and 2013; among the top 100 most popular names for newborn girls in the Netherlands between 2008 and 2013; and among the top 100 names for newborn girls in Portugal at different points between 2012 and 2018. Since 2014, the name Isis has decreased significantly due to negative associations with the jihadist terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Given name
Isis Anchalee (born 1993), Canadian full-stack engineer
Isis Louise van den Broek (born 2005), Dutch tennis player
Isis Casalduc (born 1981), Puerto Rican beauty pageant titleholder and model
Isis Finlay (1934–2007), Cuban model and beauty pageant titleholder
Isis Gaston (born 2000), American rapper known as Ice Spice
Isis Giménez (born 1990), Venezuelan fencer
Isis Gomes (born 1985), Brazilian model
Isis Hainsworth (born 1998), Scottish actress
Isis Holt (born 2001), Australian Paralympic athlete
Isis King (born 1985), American model, actress, and fashion designer
Isis Avis Loren, Australian drag performer
Isis Mussenden (born 1959), American costume designer
Isis Nyong'o, Kenyan-American businesswoman
Isis Pogson (1852–1945), British astronomer and meteorologist
Isis Poon (born 1991), Hong Kong-Australian badminton player
Isis Rodriguez (born 1964), American painter
Ísis Valverde (born 1987), Brazilian actress
Surname
María Isis (María Jesús), daughter of Mexican army general Agustín de Iturbide
Fictional Characters
Isis, name of several female characters in American comic books published by DC Comics
Isis, a superhero from the comic book created by Angel Gate Press and Image Comics
Isis, a character part of the Heliopolitans in American comic books published by Marvel Comics
Isis, a fictional cat owned by supervillainess Catwoman that featured in Batman: The Animated Series and Krypto the Superdog (TV series)
ISIS-chan, a fictional manga character
