Meanings
alternative Isolde
- A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Just as he finished, the daughter came in, Iseult. A name out of the past, a darkly Celtic presence: jet-black hair, the same as Minogue had had, tall.
1988, John Brady, A Stone of the Heart, St Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 9
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*hildi
- Old High Germanis“ice”
- Proto-Brythonic*Adsiltia“she who is gazed upon”
- EnglishIseult
Old French, the name of the queen who fell in love with Tristan in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, perhaps from Celtic, of uncertain meaning, possibly Proto-Brythonic *Adsiltia (“she who is gazed upon”); compare Welsh syllu and Irish súil. Otherwise from Germanic, equivalent to Old High German is (“ice”) + hiltja (“battle”) (from Proto-West Germanic *hildi).
More words from Proto-Brythonic, Old High German, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese 伊索尔德
- 伊索尔德female given name
Dutch Isolde
- Isoldefemale given name
Esperanto Izolda
- Izoldafemale given name
French Iseult, Yseult
- Iseultfemale given name
- Yseultfemale given name
German Isolde
- Isoldefemale given name
Greek Ιζόλδη
- Ιζόλδη (Izóldi)female given name
Irish Iosóid
- Iosóidfemale given name
Italian Isotta
- Isottafemale given name
Japanese イゾルデ
- イゾルデ (Izorude)female given name
Polish Izolda
- Izoldafemale given name
Romanian Isolda
- Isoldafemale given name
Spanish Isolda, Iselda
- Isoldafemale given name
- Iseldafemale given name
- Iseofemale given name
Welsh Esyllt
- Esylltfemale given name
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
Iseult. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Iseult
“Iseult.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Iseult. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Iseult,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Iseult.
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