Izzy is a common nickname for the given names

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

Isaac Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...

Isambard Isambard is a given name. It is Norman, of Germanic origin, meaning either "iron-bright" or "iron-axe". The first element comes from ''isarn'' meaning iron (or steel). The second element comes from either ''biart-r'' (bright, glorious) or from ''ba ...

Isidor Isidore ( ; also spelled Isador, Isadore and Isidor) is an English and French masculine given name. The name is derived from the Greek name ''Isídōros'' (Ἰσίδωρος) and can literally be translated to "gift of Isis." The name has survived ...

, Isidore,

Isidora Isidora or Isadora is a female given name of Greek origin, derived from Ἰσίδωρος, ''Isídōros'' (a compound of Ἶσις, ''Ísis'', and δῶρον, ''dōron'': "gift of he goddessIsis"). The male equivalent is Isidore. The name surviv ...

, Isabel, Isobel, Isabelle,

Isabella Isabella may refer to: People and fictional characters * Isabella (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Isabella (surname), including a list of people Places United States * Isabella, Alabama, an unincorpora ...

Isaiah Isaiah ( or ; he, , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', "God is Salvation"), also known as Isaias, was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named. Within the text of the Book of Isaiah, Isaiah himself is referred to as "the ...

Ishmael Ishmael ''Ismaḗl''; Classical/Qur'anic Arabic: إِسْمَٰعِيْل; Modern Standard Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيْل ''ʾIsmāʿīl''; la, Ismael was the first son of Abraham, the common patriarch of the Abrahamic religions; and is cons ...

Izzet İzzet is a Turkish given name for males and a surname. Outside Turkey the name is sometimes written as Izzet. Notable people with the name İzzet or Izzet include: Given name * İzzet Günay (born 1934), Turkish film actor * İzzet Türkyılmaz ...

, Isarn, Ismail, Isra, Izebel, Izmara, Isobelle, Isaura or Isam (عصام). Izzy, Izzie, Issie, Issy, Isy or Izy may refer to:

People

Izzy

Israel Adesanya Israel Mobolaji Odunayo Oluwafemi Temitayo Owolabi Adesanya (born 22 July 1989) is a New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and former boxer with multiple championships in all three disciplines. As a mixed martial artist, h ...

(born 1989), Nigerian-born New Zealand mixed martial artist, kickboxer and boxer * Israel

Izzy Alcántara Israel Crisóstomo "Izzy" Alcántara (born May 6, 1971) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers. Minor leagues Alcántara was signed as an amateur free agent by the Montreal Expos in 1990. In the mi ...

(born 1971), former baseball player from the Dominican Republic * Israel Izzy Asper (1932–2003), Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate *

Isabelle Beisiegel Isabelle "Izzy" Beisiegel (née Blais, born February 6, 1979), is a female professional golfer from Quebec, Canada. Before her first attempt qualifying for the PGA Tour Q-School in 2004, Beisiegel was quoted as saying, "The ball doesn't know if it ...

(born 1979), Canadian golfer *

Isaiah Brown Isaiah Jay Brown (born 7 January 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and is currently a free agent. He represented the England national under-20 team. Brown played for West Bromwich Albion's academ ...

(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 Isidore Goldstein (June 6, 1908 – September 24, 1993) was an American baseball player. A native of Odessa who grew up in The Bronx, he was a right-handed pitcher who played seven years in professional baseball from 1928 to 1934, including 16 ga ...

(1909–1993), Major League Baseball pitcher * Isadore

Izzy Gomez (restaurateur) Isadore Gomez (died June 21, 1944, in Alameda, California, at the age of 68) was a Portuguese immigrant, chef and restaurateur in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California. In 1943, he was recognized by ''LIFE'' magazine as one o ...

(1875 or 1876–1944), Portuguese-born San Francisco restaurateur * Ezomo

Izzy Iriekpen Ezomo "Izzy" Iriekpen (born 14 May 1982) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. Club career West Ham United Born in Newham, London, Iriekpen joined West Ham United as a trainee in August 1998. He captained their FA Youth ...

(born 1982), English former footballer *

Jason Isringhausen Jason Derik Isringhausen ( born September 7, 1972) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and coach. He pitched in Major League Baseball from 1995 through 2012 for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay ...

(born 1972), American former Major League Baseball pitcher and coach * Israel Izzy Katzman (1917–2007), American sportswriter * Israel

Izzy Lang Israel Alvin "Izzy" Lang (February 2, 1942 - October 10, 2008) was a former American football running back who played for six seasons in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 18th round of the 1964 NFL Draf ...

(born 1942), American former National Football League running back * Isidoro

Izzy León Isidoro León Becerra (January 4, 1911 – July 25, 2002) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1945. The 34-year-old rookie was a native of Cruces, Cuba. León is one of many ballplayers who ...

(1911–2002), Major League Baseball pitcher from Cuba * Israel

George Levene Israel George "Izzy" Levene (May 1, 1885 – November 12, 1930) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee from 1907 to 1909 and at Wake Forest University in 1922, compiling a c ...

(1885–1930), American collegiate football player and head coach *

Isadore Schwartz Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz (July 23, 1900 – July 8, 1988) was an American boxer, who became recognized as the New York Boxing Commission's World Flyweight Champion from 1927 to 1929. His manager was Phil Bernstein. He was inducted into th ...

(1900–1988), American boxer, world flyweight champion from 1927 to 1929 *

Isadore Sparber Isadore Sparber (March 7, 1906 - August 29, 1958) was an American storyboard artist A storyboard artist (sometimes called a story artist or visualizer) creates storyboards for advertising agencies and film productions. Work A storyboard ar ...

(1906–1958), American storyboard artist, writer, director and producer of animated films * Isidor

I. F. Stone Isidor Feinstein "I. F." Stone (December 24, 1907 – June 18, 1989) was an American investigative journalist, writer, and author. Known for his politically progressive views, Stone is best remembered for ''I. F. Stone's Weekly'' (1953–1971), ...

(1907–1989), American investigative journalist, also the "Izzy Awards," a journalism prize named for him bestowed by

Roy H. Park School of Communications The Roy H. Park School of Communications is one of five schools at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York, United States. The school is named after media executive Roy H. Park, who lived in Ithaca and who served on the board of trustees at Ithaca Col ...

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 Isabella "Issie" Blow (nee Delves Broughton; 19 November 1958 – 7 May 2007) was an English magazine editor. As the muse of hat designer Philip Treacy, she is credited with discovering the models Stella Tennant and Sophie Dahl as well as prop ...

(1958–2007), English magazine editor * Isadore Coop (1926–2003), Canadian architect *

Isadore Sharp Isadore "Issy" Sharp, (born October 8, 1931) is a Canadian hotelier and writer. He is founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Early life and education Sharp was born in Toronto, the son of Polish Jewish immigrants. His father, ...

(born 1931), Canadian hotelier and writer, founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts * Isobel

Isy Suttie Isobel Jane "Isy" Suttie (; born 11 August 1978) is a British musical comedian, actress, and writer. She played Dobby in the British sitcom ''Peep Show'', and in 2013 won the gold Sony Radio Academy Award for her radio show ''Pearl And Dave''. ...

(born 1978), English musical comedian, actress and writer

Stage name

* Izzy Bizu, singer songwriter Isobel Beardshaw (born 1994) *

Issy Bonn Issy Bonn (born Benjamin Levin; 21 April 1903 – 21 April 1977) was a British comedian, singer, actor, and theatrical agent. His signature song was "My Yiddishe Momme". Biography Benjamin Levin was born into a Jewish family in Whitechapel, L ...

, British Jewish actor, singer and comedian born Benjamin Levin (1903–1977) *

Isobel Cooper Isobel Cooper (born 24 January 1975), known professionally as Izzy, is an English operatic pop soprano singer. Born in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, she trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Her debut audio CD ''Liber ...

(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

* 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 Corbin Bleu Reivers (; born February 21, 1989), known professionally as Corbin Bleu, is an American actor and singer. He made his acting debut in the 2004 adventure comedy film ''Catch That Kid''. He has since appeared in the Discovery Kids dra ...

Izzy Davies Izzy Davies (also Cornwell) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Elize du Toit. She made her first appearance in 2000 before leaving in 2004. The character then briefly returned in October 2007. ...

, on the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Izzy Gomez, in the television series ''

TUGS A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, suc ...

'' * Izzy Hawthorne, one of the main characters from the 2022 3D-animated film ''

Lightyear A light-year, alternatively spelled light year, is a large unit of length used to express astronomical distances and is equivalent to about 9.46 trillion kilometers (), or 5.88 trillion miles ().One trillion here is taken to be 1012 ...

'' *

Isabelle Hoyland Isabelle "Izzy" Hoyland is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Natalie Bassingthwaighte. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 1 September 2003. Izzy was introduced as Max ...

, on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' * Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt, on the American television series ''

Huff Huff or huffing may refer to: People * Huff (surname), a list of people with the surname Places in the United States * Huff Township, Spencer County, Indiana * Huff, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Huff, Kentucky, an unincorporated co ...

'' *

Izzy Izumi ''Digimon Adventure'', ''Digimon Adventure 02'', ''Digimon Adventure tri.'' and '' Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna'' anime series and films produced by Toei Animation for the ''Digimon'' franchise, are centered on the , a group of childre ...

, in the ''Digimon'' series * Izzy Mandelbaum, recurring character on the American television series ''

Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. It aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, over nine seasons and List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It stars Seinfeld as Jerry 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 ''Miami Vice'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann (director), Michael Mann for NBC. The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo ...

'', portrayed by Martin Ferrero * Ismael Ortega, a Marvel Comics character *

Izzy Sinclair Isabelle "Izzy" Sinclair is a fictional character who appeared in the '' Doctor Who Magazine'' comic strip based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. She was a companion of the Eighth Doctor. Izzy was ...

, in the ''Doctor Who'' comic strip *

Izzy Sparks ''Guitar Hero'' is a series of Music video game, music rhythm game video games first released in November 2005, in which players use a guitar-shaped game controller to simulate playing primarily lead guitar, lead, bass guitar, and rhythm guita ...

, a video game character *

Izzie Stevens Isobel Katherine Stevens, M.D. is a fictional character from the medical drama television series ''Grey's Anatomy'', which airs on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States. The character was created by series producer Shonda ...

, 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 ''Total Drama'' (often shortened as ''TD'') is a Canadian animated television series created by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis that premiered on Teletoon in Canada on July 8, 2007, and on Cartoon Network in the U.S. on June 5, 2008. The ser ...

'' * 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 ''You Me Her'' is an American–Canadian comedy-drama television series that revolves around a suburban married couple who are entering a three-way romantic relationship, one non-typical type of polyamorous relationship. The series is set in Po ...

* 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 Israel Hands, also known as Basilica Hands, was an 18th-century pirate best known for being second in command to Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard. His name serves as the basis for the name of the villainous sidekick in Robert Louis Steven ...

Legendary creatures

Issie is a caldera lake located 40 km south of Kagoshima city; Kyūshū island, Japan. It is perhaps best known to tourists as the location of the purported sightings of a monster named Issie, and as the largest lake on Kyūshū island with a sur ...

, a Japanese lake monster

Mascots

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