Izzy

Izzy
Pronunciation	"Iz-E"
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew, Greek, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic
Meaning	Short for every name with the sound "Iz"
Other names
Related names	Isaac, Isobel, Isabella, Isabel, Isambard, Isidore, Isidora, Isaiah, Isaias, Isamu

Izzy is a common nickname for the given names Israel, Isaac, Isambard, Isidor, Isidore, Isidora, 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[edit]

Izzy[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Izzy Armstrong, on the British soap opera Coronation Street
Izzy Daniels, the main character in the Disney Channel television film Jump In!, portrayed by Corbin Bleu
Izzy Davies, on the British soap opera Hollyoaks
Izzy Gomez, in the television series TUGS
Izzy Hawthorne, one of the main characters from the 2022 3D-animated film Lightyear
Isabelle Hoyland, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt, on the American television series Huff
Izzy Izumi, in the Digimon series
Izzy Mandelbaum, recurring character on the American television series Seinfeld, portrayed by Lloyd Bridges
Izzy Moonbow, in My Little Pony: A New Generation
Izzy Moreno, the informant for Sonny and Rico in the American television series Miami Vice, portrayed by Martin Ferrero
Ismael Ortega, a Marvel Comics character
Izzy Sinclair, in the Doctor Who comic strip
Izzy Sparks, a video game character
Izzie Stevens, in the series Grey's Anatomy
Isabel "Izzy" Reubens, in Love and Rockets
Izzy, one of the titular characters of Ben & Izzy, a Jordanian animated television series
Izzy, from the Canadian animated television series Total Drama
Izzy, a 7-year old pirate girl from the TV show Jake and the Never Land Pirates
Isabelle "Izzy" Silva, one of the main characters on the TV show You Me Her
Irreverent Izzy, a non-playable character mentioned in the PlayStation 4 exclusive video game, "Bloodborne"
Izzy Hands, a character in the HBO show "Our Flag Means Death" based on the historical pirate Israel Hands

Legendary creatures[edit]

Issie, a Japanese lake monster

Mascots[edit]

Izzy (mascot), the 1996 Summer Olympics mascot
Izzy the Islander, mascot of Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi