Baby name
FADING
🇧🇷 🇵🇹 Isaura
/ee · ZOW · rah/
Meaning
“Gentle breeze”
From Greek, possibly meaning 'from Isauria', a region of ancient Asia Minor; popularized across Brazil by a famous 19th-century novel and its multiple TV adaptations.
Nicknames
isa
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Carries a strong retro-literary feel in Brazil - grandmother-tier but due for revival.
The cultural moment.
Very common in Brazil through the mid-20th century; fading since the 1980s.