Izzy

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.

IzzyPronunciation| "Iz-E"

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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

## See also[edit]

* Isi (name)
* Isaac (disambiguation)
* Izak (disambiguation)
* Isaacs (disambiguation)
* Ishak (disambiguation)
* Isaiah (disambiguation)
* Isidore (disambiguation)
* Israel (disambiguation)
* Isabel (disambiguation)
* Isabella (disambiguation)
* Isabelle (disambiguation)
* Isobel (disambiguation)

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