Ija Family History

Ija Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Mohammad, Ahmad, Muhammad, Sana, Abdallah, Abed, Ahmed, Anwar, Ayad, Aziz, Azmi, Faiz. Japanese Yoshinobu, Chiyoko, Fumi, Kumiko, Shigeru, Tooru, Toshiro, Wataru, Yaeko, Yoshiaki.

Muslim: from the Arabic personal name ʿĪsā ‘Jesus’ (see Issa 1).

Japanese: written phonetically 伊佐 ‘that’ and ‘help’. It is found mostly in the Ryūkyū Islands.

Albanian: from Isë (definite form Isa), a short form of the Muslim personal name Isak (see Isaac ).

Similar surnames:

Ija,

Issa

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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