Isla

//aɪlə// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Angus and Perth and Kinross, east-central Scotland, tributary to the Tay.
  2. 2
    A surname from Spanish.
  3. 3
    A river in Moray and Aberdeenshire, north-eastern Scotland, tributary to the Deveron.
  4. 4
    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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Isla. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

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