Izzy

Izzy
Pronunciation"Iz-E"
GenderUnisex
Origin
MeaningShort for every name with the sound "Iz"

Izzy is a common nickname for the given names Israel, Isaac, Isidor, Isidore, Isadore, Isidora, Isabel, Isobel, Isabella, Isaiah, Issam, etc.

Izzy, Izzie, Issie, Issy, Isy or Izy may refer to:

People

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Izzy

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  • Israel Izzy Abraham (born 1980), American football coach
  • 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
  • Isabel Izzy Daniel (born 2001), American ice hockey player
  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Legendary creatures

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  • Issie, a Japanese lake monster

Mascots

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See also

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