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Isla (F)>

Isla (female)

Masculine form:Islay (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

Scottish.

Whyte suggests that Isla is a forename derived from a river and glen of that name in Perthshire. However ONC believes that it is derived from the island of Islay which is pronounced locally in the same way.