Isis ranks at #786 with 149 entries, registered female. The name is the Egyptian goddess of magic and motherhood, and on a pet registry it functions as the deliberately mythological pick — though its modern reception was complicated dramatically by the rise of the unrelated militant organization that adopted the same English acronym in the mid-2010s.
The Egyptian-mythology register
For the dominant slice of registry Isises (almost all named before 2014), the name is pure goddess tribute — Isis as the Egyptian deity associated with healing, mothers, and magic, often paired in the same household with a sibling pet named Anubis, Ra, or Cleo. The cohort skews toward owners with active interest in mythology, ancient cultures, or witch-coded aesthetics.
The post-2014 renaming wave
The geopolitical events of the mid-2010s caused a documented wave of pet renaming, and many shelters and breeders now actively avoid suggesting Isis on intake paperwork. Registry numbers reflect the older population of dogs named pre-2014 plus a smaller modern cohort whose owners deliberately reclaimed the name for the goddess. The naming pattern in this slice is unmistakably political: owners are choosing to assert the older meaning.
Sound and breed lean
Two syllables, front-stressed (EYE-sis), with sharp sibilants throughout that carry crisply outside. Excellent recall shape. The name lands disproportionately on sleek, regal breeds — Greyhounds, Pharaoh Hounds when available, black Labradors, and Egyptian-coded breeds. The human Isis page shows steady late-20th-century SSA presence collapsing rapidly after 2014.