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Isabell

girl name
Origin
Hebrew
Syllables
3
Peak era
2000s/2010s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

traditionally God is my oath (variant of Isabel)

The story

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Isabell around the world

One shared root links 26 names across 6 languages.

Shared root: from Hebrew Elisheva "God is my oath"; medieval Iberia split off Isabel, and the nursery split off nearly everything else

The constellation

IsabellGerman · variantElizabethEnglishElisabethGermanIsabelSpanishIsabellaItalianIsabelleFrenchIsobelScottish
19 more branches of this family
ElizaEnglish · short formEliseFrench · short formElyseEnglish · variantElisaItalian · short formElsaGerman · short formElsieScottish · diminutiveBethEnglish · short formBettyEnglish · diminutiveBettieEnglish · variantBetsyEnglish · diminutiveBetteEnglish · diminutiveBessieEnglish · diminutiveLizaEnglish · short formLizzieEnglish · diminutiveLisaEnglish · short formLizEnglish · short formLizbethEnglish · short formLizetteEnglish · diminutiveLibbyEnglish · diminutive

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Isabell peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.

See popularity in Brazil

Popularity in Brazil

339 people · the #17,486 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 14

1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Isabell living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

The census also counted 55 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Isabell

Most people given the name Isabell in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Isabell

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