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Not to be confused with Izze, Izzi, or IZY.
This article is about the given name. For the Napoleonic Wars battle, see Battle of Issy. For the award, see Isadora Duncan Dance Awards.
Izzy
Pronunciation"Iz-E"
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameHebrew, Greek, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic
MeaningShort for every name with the sound "Iz"
Other names
Related namesIsaac, Isobel, Isabella, Isabel, Isambard, Isidore, Isadore, Isidora, Isaiah, Isaias, Isamu

Izzy is a common nickname for the given names Elizabeth Elisabeth, Israel, Chris, Chrissie, Isaac, Christine, Christina, Christen, Isambard, Isidor, Isidore, Isadore, Isidora, Christopher, Christian, Isabel, Isobel, Isabelle, Isabella, Isaiah, Ishmael, Izzet, Isarn, Ismail, Isra, Izebel, Izmara, Isobelle, Isaura or Isam (عصام).

Izzy, Izzie, Issie, Issy, Isy or Izy may refer to:

People

Izzy

  • Israel Adesanya (born 1989), Nigerian-born New Zealand mixed martial artist, kickboxer and boxer
  • Israel Izzy Alcántara (born 1971), former baseball player from the Dominican Republic
  • Israel Izzy Asper (1932–2003), Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate
  • Isabelle Beisiegel (born 1979), Canadian golfer
  • Isaiah Brown (born 1997), English footballer
  • John Izzy Canillo (born 2004), Filipino child actor
  • Isidor/Isadore Izzy Einstein (c. 1880–1938), American federal police officer during the early Prohibition era
  • Isidore Izzy Goldstein (1909–1993), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Isadore Izzy Gomez (restaurateur) (1875 or 1876–1944), Portuguese-born San Francisco restaurateur
  • Ezomo Izzy Iriekpen (born 1982), English former footballer
  • Jason Isringhausen (born 1972), American former Major League Baseball pitcher and coach
  • Israel Izzy Katzman (1917–2007), American sportswriter
  • Israel Izzy Lang (born 1942), American former National Football League running back
  • Isidoro Izzy León (1911–2002), Major League Baseball pitcher from Cuba
  • Israel George Levene (1885–1930), American collegiate football player and head coach
  • Isadore Schwartz (1900–1988), American boxer, world flyweight champion from 1927 to 1929
  • Isadore Sparber (1906–1958), American storyboard artist, writer, director and producer of animated films
  • Isidor I. F. Stone (1907–1989), American investigative journalist, also the "Izzy Awards," a journalism prize named for him bestowed by Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College
  • Isabelle Izzy Westbury (born 1990), English cricketer
  • Julius Izzy Yablok (1907–1983), American football player
  • Israel Izzy Young (1928-2019), American folk music store owner

Issie, Issy or Isy

  • Isabella Blow (1958–2007), English magazine editor
  • Isadore Coop (1926–2003), Canadian architect
  • Isadore Sharp (born 1931), Canadian hotelier and writer, founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
  • Isobel Isy Suttie (born 1978), English musical comedian, actress and writer

Stage name

  • Izzy Bizu, singer songwriter Isobel Beardshaw (born 1994)
  • Issy Bonn, British Jewish actor, singer and comedian born Benjamin Levin (1903–1977)
  • Isobel Cooper (born 1975), English operatic pop soprano known professionally as Izzy
  • Izzy Stradlin, former Guns N' Roses guitarist and co-founder Jeffrey Dean Isbell (born 1962)

Fictional characters

Legendary creatures

  • Issie, a Japanese lake monster

Mascots

See also

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