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Issy

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PlaceYearRecorded usagePublished birthsRankNotes
England & Wales2023Girls54056Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.

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Short form of: Isabelle

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The exact English Isabelle entry explicitly lists Issy as a diminutive. Other longer-name connections remain distinct. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Isabelle entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Isabelle&oldid=90575762. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.

Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence

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