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السلام وعلیکم, very soon I'm going to give birth to a baby girl ..my mother inlaw has come across this name IRSA..do u think it's a muslim name with a great meaning ?!

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Alaikumassalam wa rahmatullah,

Irsa is an Arabic and Persian name that's taken from the Greek word Iris. The most common meaning of Irsa in  Arabic is the flower known as as-Sawsan al-Asmanjooni, which is taken from the Persian word Sosane Asmangooni, which in English means "rainbow lily", a type of lily whose petals have rainbow-like color gradients.

The Persian dictionaries say that the original meaning of Irsa is "rainbow", and that it is taken from Greek. Thus the modern meaning is "rainbow lily", while the original meaning is "rainbow". This name is not an Islamic name, but Muslims can use it since it has a good meaning. Irsa is pronounced [(EA)st + p(R)ay] + [(SA)nd] with emphasis on the first syllable (though you can pronounce it differently if you like). It is written as ايرسا in Persian. In English it can also be written as Ersa, Eersa, Eirsa, Eyrsa, Eirsaa, Ersaa, Irsaa.

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Reader Comments:

  1. on Tuesday 1st of July 2014 11:18:05 PM

    Irsa can very well be mistaken for an acronym of something due to the name being very short. Just keep that in mind sis.

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  3. on Sunday 3rd of January 2016 05:12:40 AM

    I love this name
    Coz my name is IRSA
    N I really like my name n it’s meaning too

  4. on Wednesday 23rd of March 2016 03:16:03 PM

    My name is irsa to , people pronounce it in aaaalot of different ways

  5. on Wednesday 24th of August 2016 04:14:58 AM

    Asalamualikum
    well ma self Irsa dar i have a query when ma dad suugested this name to Molve so he said its not a muslim name n it haz a horriable meaning ( kafan dafan)so i just want to know is it true???

  6. on Friday 26th of August 2016 07:10:03 PM

    my name is also irsa. do any of you get your name changed when people try to say it. like i get littraly a different name by asian as different by gori

  7. on Monday 13th of March 2017 06:55:11 AM

    I like this name .because this name of my lover and my future wife.

  8. on Friday 4th of August 2017 04:39:25 PM

    my name is also Irsa i love my name and its meaning too

  9. on Friday 4th of August 2017 04:43:09 PM

    i am also irsa my mama and papa suggested my name it is a very well name

  10. on Friday 4th of August 2017 04:45:55 PM

    hy friends i am irsa my mama and papa suggested my name

  11. on Monday 18th of September 2017 12:01:23 PM

    I like this name the name is very beautiful irsa name i like so much

  12. on Sunday 19th of November 2017 11:50:26 AM

    Assalamualaikum my name is irsa i love my name no any body name is bad but person is good and bad and meaning is good and bad so plz don’t any body call name is bad.thanks

  13. on Sunday 26th of November 2017 04:39:09 PM

    its a great name.people says that its strange . do u also thought the same

  14. on Monday 18th of December 2017 07:33:53 AM

    I think it’s not a Islamic name…… isra is a beautiful name to hearing, but doesn’t have meaning. so I am rejected.

    thanks

  15. on Thursday 28th of December 2017 04:34:30 PM

    Hey friends my name is irsa.i love my name and its meaning too

  16. on Monday 25th of June 2018 07:48:40 AM

    Loving name. Really like it. Simple to pronounced. Nice meaning. And no nukta in it. ارسہ

  17. on Sunday 26th of August 2018 11:51:30 AM

    how should we write irsa in urdu which is correct plz give information about it

  18. on Saturday 8th of September 2018 08:00:11 AM

    My name is also Irsa …. nd I luv this name a lot

  19. on Monday 31st of December 2018 05:02:37 AM

    Hello everyone, my name is Irsaa yes my name is changed a bit by adding another a at the end but it still means the same, yes it means rainbow but it’s also a Persian name

  20. on Sunday 29th of September 2019 09:30:17 AM

    í Ӏօѵҽ ԵհíՏ ɞċz mʏ ňѧmє ıs ıяsѧ ѧňԀ ıţs mєѧňıňɢ too

  21. on Monday 22nd of July 2024 03:59:24 PM

    My parents tried to be different and spelled my name as Irsaa. I often get teased for the meaning being rainbow as today’s society consists of the LGBTQ+ community. I’m really happy to know that people have similar names like me as our name I pretty rare even as brown people.

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