Ishara

Meaning of Ishara

Ishara drifts across continents like a silk-painted kite, its roots tangled in Sri Lankan soil where it means “a sign,” yet echoing faintly of the ancient Mesopotamian deity who stood, rather matter-of-factly, for love, oaths, and the occasional thunderbolt; to modern ears it slips off the tongue as ee-SHAH-ruh, a sound that feels at once lunar and lightly ironic, as though the moon itself were writing a quiet footnote about destiny. She carries a cool shimmer—think of a Kyoto garden at dusk, raked gravel catching the last silver, while distant wind chimes confess secrets they never intend to keep—and in that hush the name becomes a brushstroke of promise, elegant, spare, impossible to erase. Parents who choose Ishara often appreciate the understated drama of rarity: in the vast census ledgers of the United States she appears only in minimalist haiku-sized numbers, a deliberate whisper amid the clang of Emmas and Olivias. Associations gather like koi beneath a stone bridge—guiding star, sealed vow, silent compass—each suggesting that a child so named might navigate the world with the serene precision of a tea master who already suspects the cup is cracked yet pours perfectly anyway.

Pronunciation

Sinhala

• Pronunced as ee-SHAH-ruh (/iːˈʃɑːrə/)

English

• Pronunced as ih-SHAH-ruh (/ɪˈʃɑːrə/)

• Ishani
• Ishita
• Ishika
• Ishana
• Ishwari