Isabel (/ˈɪz.ə.bɛl/) is a Romance-language given name. It is related to Isabelle (French, Dutch, German, Catalan, Provençal), Isabella (Italian), and the English Elizabeth.
This set of names is a southwestern European variant of the Hebrew name Elisheva, also represented in English and other western languages as Elizabeth. It first appeared in medieval Provençal as Elisabel. Guido Gómez de Silva states that these names are derived from the Latin and Greek renderings of the Hebrew name based on both etymological and contextual evidence (the use of Isabel as a translation of the name of the mother of John the Baptist).
The variant form originated through the loss of the first syllable and the replacement of final /t/ with /l/ (as /t/ does not appear word-finally in standard Spanish). Both forms of the name exist concurrently in Italian (Isabella and Elisabetta) and French (Isabelle and Élisabeth). Both names have been borrowed into multiple other languages, giving rise to various local forms.
In 2013 Isabella was the tenth most popular name for girls in Australia.
Isabella d'Anjou (c. 1101/1107–1154), Abbess of Fontevrault, wife of William Adelin
Isabella of England (1214 – December 1, 1241), daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême, wife of Frederick II Hohenstaufen "Stupor Mundi", Holy Roman Emperor
Isabella of Antioch (13th century), regent of Jerusalem
Isabella of Mar (c. 1277–1296), first wife of Robert I of Scotland
Princess Isabella of Armenia (died c. 1321)
Princess Isabella of Portugal (1397–1471), wife and political advisor of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy
Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (1400–1453)
Isabella of Bourbon (1436–1465), wife of Charles, Duke of Burgundy
Marchioness Isabella d'Este (1474–1539), wife of Francesco II of Gonzaga
Isabella of Portugal (1503–1539), also known as Isabel of Aviz, consort of emperor Charles V
Isabella Jagiellon (1519–1559), wife of John Szapolyai
Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (1566–1633), wife of Archduke Albert of Austria
Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846–1921), Princess Imperial of Brazil, daughter of Pedro II of Brazil, abolished slavery in Brazil
Isabelle, Comtesse de Paris (1911–2003)
Princess Isabella of Denmark (born 2007)
Isabel of Portugal (disambiguation)
Saint Isabelle of France (1225–1270)
Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231)
Elizabeth of Portugal (1271-1336)
Isabel Allende, Chilean author and niece of Salvador Allende
Isabel Bayrakdarian, Canadian-Armenian lyric soprano
Isabella Clark, wife of Prime Minister of Canada Sir John A. Macdonald
Isabel Godin des Odonais, traveler in the Amazon Basin
Isabel Martínez de Perón, President of Argentina (1974–1976) and third wife of Juan Perón
Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, author
Isabel Sanford, American actress
Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model
Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan, supporter of Robert the Bruce
Isabella, a ship sunk in the Falkland Islands in 1813
Isabel Island, one of the Visayan Islands
Mount Ishbel, Alberta, Canada
Ishbel Group, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
Sanibel Island, Florida, United States (derived from Spanish San Ybel<<Spanish Santa Isybella, variant of English "Saint Isabel")
Hurricane Isabel
