Izola
Izola is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Adriatic coast of the Littoral traditional region. It is the seat of the Municipality of Izola and is one of the three major towns of Slovenian Istria.
Meaning & Origin of Izola
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Izola is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Adriatic coast of the Littoral traditional region. It is the seat of the Municipality of Izola and is one of the three major towns of Slovenian Istria.
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Origin & history
The Story of Izola
American parents first put Izola on the record books as a baby girl name in 1896, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1923, when 59 Izolas were born — ranking #966 that year. About 31% of every Izola on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Izola last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Izola
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Nino Benvenuti (1938–2025), boxing champion
- Pietro Coppo (born 1469 or 1470; died 1555 or 1556), geographer and cartographer, worked in Izola
- Domenico Lovisato (1842–1916), geologist
- Darko Milanič (born 1967), football manager
- Vasilij Žbogar (born 1975), Olympic sailing champion
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Names that sound like Izola
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About the name Izola
Izola is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1896 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Izola's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #966. Use the chart and map above to compare Izola's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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