MaleOrigin: Hebrew (biblical)

İsa: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

İsa is a boy’s name of Hebrew origin. It means “the Turkish form of Jesus”.

Say it: ee-sah

About the name İsa

Meaning: the Turkish form of Jesus
Origin: Hebrew (biblical); From Arabic ʿĪsā (Hebrew Yeshua).
Gender: Male
Pronunciation: ee-sah

How to pronounce İsa

Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellingee-sah is an approximation for English speakers. Turkish stresses syllables much more evenly than English, so avoid hitting one syllable hard. Tap the letters below for tips.

İsa

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

İ
İ keeps its dot as a capital
Names starting with dotted i are written with a capital İ (İpek, İbrahim). Writing I instead turns it into the dotless ı sound.
Read about İ and I →

Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.

İsa with Turkish suffixes

Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (İsa'ya, İsa'nın), but it is still pronounced as one word. The apostrophe only marks where the name ends; the suffix itself follows the usual rules.

The last vowel of İsa is a, a back unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take a and four-way suffixes takeı (vowel harmony):İsa'da, İsa'yı.

Because İsa ends in a vowel, a buffer letter keeps two vowels apart:y in İsa'yı, İsa'ya and İsa'yla, and n in the genitive İsa'nın.

Case forms of İsa
Case	Form	Example
Accusative (object)	İsa'yı	İsa'yı tanıyor musun? Do you know İsa?
Dative (to)	İsa'ya	İsa'ya bir mesaj yazdım. I wrote a message to İsa.
Locative (at / with)	İsa'da	Anahtarlar İsa'da. İsa has the keys. (lit. The keys are at İsa.)
Ablative (from)	İsa'dan	İsa'dan bir hediye aldım. I got a present from İsa.
Genitive (’s)	İsa'nın	Bu İsa'nın çantası. This is İsa’s bag.
Instrumental (with)	İsa'yla	Dün İsa'yla konuştum. I talked with İsa yesterday.

Forms are generated by TurkLogic’s tested grammar engine. See every case explained in theTurkish noun cases guide, or check the harmony of any word in thevowel harmony calculator.

More male names of Hebrew origin

Frequently asked questions

What does the name İsa mean?

İsa is a Turkish boy’s name meaning “the Turkish form of Jesus”. Its origin is Hebrew (biblical). From Arabic ʿĪsā (Hebrew Yeshua).

How do you pronounce İsa?

Say it roughly as “ee-sah”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Names starting with dotted i are written with a capital İ (İpek, İbrahim). Writing I instead turns it into the dotless ı sound.

How do you add suffixes to İsa in Turkish?

Because İsa is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: İsa'ya (to İsa), İsa'nın (İsa’s), İsa'da (at İsa’s) and İsa'yla (with İsa).