girl's name
Isaure
ee-ZOR
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (France)
- Births on record 5,449
France
#187
2025 births
Isaure is a girl's name from Isauria, a mountainous region of ancient Anatolia whose people were known for resisting Rome. It ranks 187th in France and appears in no other market we hold at all.
- Isaure is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 2025, when 305 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 1,933 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
Isaure over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 150 |
| 1910s | 85 |
| 1920s | 60 |
| 1930s | 25 |
| 1940s | 10 |
| 1950s | 15 |
| 1960s | 30 |
| 1970s | 65 |
| 1980s | 180 |
| 1990s | 510 |
| 2000s | 1,210 |
| 2010s | 1,620 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,480 |
What Isaure means
Isaure means from Isauria, a region of what is now southern Turkey. The place name's own derivation is pre-Greek and lost, so the name points at a country whose meaning nobody can recover.
Where Isaure comes from
Isaure is the French form of Isaura, from Isauria, a rugged region of southern Anatolia whose inhabitants had a reputation in antiquity for banditry and for resisting Roman control — the Romans campaigned there repeatedly and one general took the title Isauricus for subduing them. The region's own name is pre-Greek and unexplained. Saint Isaure is obscure, and the name's French life owes more to Clémence Isaure, a semi-legendary Toulouse noblewoman credited with founding or endowing the Jeux Floraux, the poetry competition held in that city since 1323 and claimed as the oldest literary prize in Europe. Whether she existed is doubted; a statue of her stands in the Capitole regardless. The name is confined almost entirely to France.
Isaure in use
Isaure ranks 187th in France with about 305 births in 2025 and is rising, with its peak in our records in 2025. Our records carry it from 1900. It appears in no other market we hold, which puts it with Garance, Hortense, Lison, Ninon, Ulysse and Olympe among the names that have never left France despite a classical source.
How popular is Isaure?
In 2025, Isaure was given to 305 babies in France, ranking #187 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Isaure is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Isaure
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Isaure also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Isaure over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Isaure in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Isaura
Sibling names for Isaure
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Isaure — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Isaure
What does the name Isaure mean?
It means "from Isauria," a region of ancient Anatolia. The place name itself is pre-Greek and unexplained.
Who was Clémence Isaure?
A semi-legendary Toulouse noblewoman credited with founding the Jeux Floraux, held since 1323 and claimed as Europe's oldest literary prize.
How do you pronounce Isaure?
ee-ZOR, two syllables.
Is Isaure used outside France?
It appears in no other market in our data.
How popular is the name Isaure?
In 2025, Isaure was given to 305 babies in France, ranking #187 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Isaure a girl's or a boy's name?
Isaure is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Isaure most popular?
Isaure peaked in 2025, when 305 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Isaure a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Isaure currently ranks #187 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.