Meanings
isabel1
Isabel2
- A female given name from Hebrew.
I'm glad you spell your name like that. It's the best of all the ways to spell Isabel.
1994 Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell), No Night Is Too Long, page 1103 more examples
Mariana. O my good lord! Sweet Isabel, take my part: Lend me your knees, and all my life to come, I'll lend you all my life to do you service.
Act V, Scene IThere is a silvery bell-like music in the name, which is exceedingly attractive, and which has made it a favorite with the poets. - - - Mary Howitt, in her Flower comparisons, has the following melodious lines: Now for mad-cap Isabel: / What shall suit her, pr'y thee tell? / Isabel is brown and wild; /Will be evermore a child;
1852 August, D. H. Jacques, “A Chapter on Names”, in The Knickerbocker, or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XL, page 119How many poor girls, who would have been wild and raging and beautiful and free sex goddesses if only their parents had found it in their hearts to name them Isabel, instead had to stuff their poor psyches into the name Heather?
2002, Cynthia Heimel, If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 177 - rareA surname originating as a matronymic.
- A place name:
- A municipality in Leyte province, Philippines.
- A province on the island of Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands.
- An unincorporated community in Embarrass Township, Edgar County, Illinois.
- A minor city in Barber County, Kansas.
- A town in Dewey County, South Dakota.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of isabella.
Origin
- Hebrewאֱלִישֶׁבַע“my God is an oath”
- Ancient GreekἘλισάβετ
- LatinElisabeth
- Old OccitanElisabel
- SpanishIsabel
- EnglishIsabel
From Spanish Isabel, from Old Occitan Elisabel, from Latin Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”). Doublet of Elizabeth.
More words from Spanish, Old Occitan, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian Изабе́ла
- Изабе́ла (Izabéla)female given name
Chinese Mandarin 伊莎貝爾 /伊莎贝尔
- 伊莎貝爾 /伊莎贝尔 (Yīshābèi'ěr)female given name
Czech Izabela
- Izabelafemale given name
Danish Isabella
- Isabellafemale given name
Finnish Isabella
- Isabellafemale given name
French Isabelle
- Isabellefemale given name
German Isabell, Isabelle
- Isabellfemale given name
- Isabellefemale given name
- Isabellafemale given name
Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע
- אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elisheba)female given name
Hungarian Izabella
- Izabellafemale given name
Icelandic Ísabel, Ísabella
- Ísabelfemale given name
- Ísabellafemale given name
Irish Isibéal
- Isibéalfemale given name
Italian Isabella
- Isabellafemale given name
Korean 이사벨
- 이사벨female given name
Latvian Izabella
- Izabellafemale given name
Māori Ihipera
- Ihiperafemale given name
Norwegian Isabella
- Isabellafemale given name
Polish Izabela, Izabella
- Izabelafemale given name
- Izabellafemale given name
Portuguese Isabel
- Isabelfemale given name
Russian Изабе́лла
- Изабе́лла (Izabɛ́lla)female given name
Scottish Gaelic Iseabail
- Iseabailfemale given name
Spanish Isabel
- Isabelfemale given name
Swedish Isabella
- Isabellafemale given name
Vietnamese Isave
- Isavefemale given name
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
isabel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isabel
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