Entry № 4682 · Sanskrit origin

Isha Isha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EE-shah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Goddess / one who protects (Isha Ambani)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "goddess / one who protects (isha ambani)".

Isha is from the Sanskrit īśā (one who rules, goddess, protector) — feminine of Īśa (a name of Shiva). Isha Mohammed Sharaf — Yemeni-American figure. Princess Isha — modern Indian royal heritage naming.

Goddess / protector (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

ईशा
Transliteration
Īśā
Pronunciation
/ ˈiː.ʃə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Isha stands.

Isha does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Ishas before her.

Real people
Isha Ambani Piramal
Indian Reliance Retail director.
born 1991
Isha Koppikar
Indian Bollywood actress.
born 1976
In fiction
Isha
Sanskrit goddess.

Names connected to Isha.

The number behind Isha.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Isha reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.