Issa (عيسى) is the Arabic and Swahili form of Jesus — from the Hebrew *Yeshua* ("the Lord is salvation"). **In Islam, ʿĪsā ibn Maryam (Jesus son of Mary) is recognized as a major prophet**. **Issa Rae (born Jo-Issa Rae Diop, 1985)** — **Senegalese-American actress, writer, producer; her self-produced 2011 YouTube web series *The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl* led to HBO's *Insecure* (2016-2021) — which she created, starred in, and produced**. **Five Primetime Emmy nominations; founded HOORAE Media production company in 2020**. **Her 2015 book *The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl* was a *New York Times* bestseller**. **Producer of *The Photograph* (2020), *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* (voice, 2023), *Barbie* (2023)**. **Inkwell Beach foundation supports Black homeownership**. **Issa Kobayashi** (1763-1828) — Japanese haiku master, male. **Issa Hayatou** — Cameroonian sports administrator, male.
Featured throughout 2010s-2020s American television.
Issa reduces to five — the number of salvation.