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I used to not like it. It seemed too otherworldy and strange. But that might be why its so charming.
Isis Amelia, Amelia Isis
Julia Isis
Isis Christina, Christina Isis
Isis Amarantha
Cleo Isis
Isis Lavinia, Lavinia Isis
Zinnia Isis
Mariel Isis
Sabrina Isis
Louisa Isis
Isis Louise
Isis Eloise, Eloise Isis
Zendaya Isis
Elonore Isis, Isis Elonore
Brittany Isis
Serenity Isis
Olivia Isis
Jordan Isis
Kimberley Isis

I think ISIS is used for the group most often in the US, with Daesh and ISIL being more common names internationally? But ISIL is also used sometimes instead in the US, and the terrorist group hasn't been in the news as much in recent years.

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I think Isis might stick around a bit in Europe, at least where it's already charted like in France and Portugal. It seems like Isidora, Clea, Cleo, Iris, June, Freya, Aida to me. My main association is cows tbc...in the best way though...holy cows, airy like Arielle.

This message was edited 4/10/2022, 8:30 AM

I've always liked Isis, and I was thinking about using it as either a middle name for Annabel or for a future cat until the terrorists 'ruined' it. Isis is a simple yet pretty and unique name, and its Ancient Egyptian history is fascinating, so I really hope it does make a comeback someday sooner rather than later.

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As a first name, I prefer more classic and/or longer middle names for it such as these:

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Isis Alexandra
Isis Annabella
Isis Anastasia
Isis Theodora
Isis Eleanora
Isis Rosemarie

It's confusingly close to Iris, which I greatly prefer. But, it's better than Osiris.

I am really coming around to Isis. For a long time I thought it was a cartoonishly faux-exotic stripper name. It was just so loudly obvious. Now it gives me strong 80s Kemetic energy, in a fun way. It's a very unforgiving name, but now I admire its shiny plastic rigidity.

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I might pair it with a name that starts with a vowel.

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Isis Amaranth
Isis Adele
Isis Olivia
Isis Yvonne
Isis Amandine
Isis Eudora
Isis Elena

Isis is gorgeous! Mystical but not unapproachable. If you think the association with terrorism is too potent, maybe consider the variant Iset.

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Isia Paloma
Isis Raphaela
Isis Verena
Isis Lavinia
Isis Flutura
Isis Olwen
Isis Natanya
Isis Cornelia
Isis Tullia
Isis Ginevra
Isis Clotilde
Isis Marielle
Isis Mariette
Isis Minerva
Isis Petaluma
Isis Georgina
Isis Edwina
Isis Eulalia
Isis Eugenia
Isis Euphemia
Isis Franca
Isis Ottilia
Isis Rivette
Isis Blandine
Isis Myrtille
Isis Bertille
Isis Fenella
Isis Coppélia
Isis Clarita
Isis Melita
Isis Lupita
Isis Quitterie

This message was edited 4/9/2022, 9:19 AM

I think it's like a gaudier version of Iris, but still attractive in its opaline sparkliness. Middle names:

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Isis Aisha
Isis Artemisia
Isis Basira
Isis Briseida
Isis Callisto
Isis Cassiopeia
Isis Christabel
Isis Christiana
Isis Christobel
Isis Cressida
Isis Desiderata
Isis Drusilla
Isis Elisabeth
Isis Elisheva
Isis Griselda
Isis Hersilia
Isis Louisa
Isis Lovisa
Isis Lysistrata
Isis Narcissa
Isis Nausicaa
Isis Priscilla
Isis Rohesia
Isis Terpsichore
Isis Theodosia

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I'd name siblings Aida and Maximilian.

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I do think it will fall out - the terrorist organisation is a very unfortunate namesake. I think the French pronunciation is EE-SEES, which I think is less nice than EYE-sis.

people will associate it with the terrorists, ISIS. Especially in france, where Islamic terrorism has been quite an issue. In any case, I don't really like names of deities.