Isabel

Isabel
Pronunciation	/ˈɪzəbɛl/
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Phoenician via Greek and Latin.
Meaning	'"My god is baal"; "Baal is abundance"; gift from baal(fights with Elijah)
Other names
Related names	"Jezebel" (Phoenician), "Elisabel" (Medieval Latin), "Isabell" and "Isabel'" (Spanish), Izabel (Portuguese), Isabella (Italian), Isabelle (French, Dutch, German), Izabela, Isobel and "Ishbel" (Scots), Ysabeau, Elizabeth (English)

Isabel is a Romance-language given name. It is related to Isabelle (French, Dutch, German, Catalan, Provençal), Isabella (Italian), and the English Elisabeth.

Etymology

This set of names is a southwestern European variant of the Hebrew name Elisheva, also represented in English and other western languages as Elisabeth. 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).^[2]

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).^[3] Both forms of the name exist concurrently in Italian (Isabella and Elisabella) and French (Isabelle and Élisabeth). Both names have been borrowed into multiple other languages, giving rise to various local forms.

Another origin comes from a name Jezebel. Jezebel is the Anglicized transliteration of the Hebrew אִיזָבֶל ('Izevel/'Izavel). The Oxford Guide to People & Places of the Bible states that the name is "best understood as meaning 'Where is the Prince?'", a ritual cry from worship ceremonies in honor of Baal

Popularity

In 2013, Isabella was the tenth most popular name for girls in Australia.^[4]

Notable individuals

Isabel Aboy, Spanish actress
Isabel Allende, Chilean author and niece of Salvador Allende
Isabel Bayrakdarian, Canadian-Armenian lyric soprano
Isabel Carrasco, Spanish politician
Isabel Casimiro, Mozambican sociologist
Isabel de Castro, Portuguese actress
Isabel del Puerto, Mexican-American actress
Isabel Fillardis, Brazilian actress
Isabel Godin des Odonais, traveler in the Amazon Basin
Isabel Granada, (1976–2017) Filipino actress
Isabel Ge Mahe (born 1973/1974), Chinese businesswoman
Isabel Gemio, Spanish television presenter
Isabel Leonard, American opera singer
Isabel Macedo, Argentine actress
Isabel Martínez de Perón, President of Argentina (1974–1976) and third wife of Juan Perón
Isabel Nkavadeka, Mozambican politician
Isabel Nolan, Irish artist
Isabel Oli, Filipino actress
Isabel Ordaz, Spanish actress
Isabel Pantoja, Spanish singer
Isabel Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter
Isabel Ruth, Portuguese actress
Isabel Sanford, American actress

Individuals named Isabelle

Isabella of France (disambiguation), a disambiguation page
Isabelle of Luxembourg (1247–1298), a daughter of Henry V of Luxembourg and his wife Margaret of Bar
Isabelle of Orléans (disambiguation), a disambiguation page
Princess Isabelle (disambiguation), a disambiguation page
Isabelle Abiera (born 1992), a Filipina actress and model
Isabelle Adjani (born 1955), a French film actress and singer
Isabelle Antena, a French singer
Isabelle Arnould (born 1970), a retired Belgian female freestyle swimmer
Isabelle Aubret (born 1938), a French singer
Isabelle Autissier (born 1956), a French sailor, navigator, writer and broadcaster
Isabelle Amyes (born 1950), an English actress
Isabelle Blais (disambiguation), a disambiguation page
Isabelle Blanc (born 1975), a French snowboarder and Olympic champion
Isabelle Boulay (born 1972), a francophone Canadian pop singer
Isabelle Boulogne (born 1971), a French sprint canoer
Isabelle Brasseur (born 1970), a Canadian figure skater
Isabelle Breitman (born 1959), a French actress and director
Isabelle Carbonell, a Belgio-Uruguayan documentary photographer and filmmaker
Isabelle Caro, a French model suffering from severe anorexia nervosa
Isabelle Carré (born 1971), a French actress
Isabelle Champmoreau (born 1974), a New Caledonian politician
Isabelle Charest (born 1971), a Canadian short track speed skater
Isabelle Chartrand (born 1978), a Canadian ice hockey player
Isabelle Cheng (born 1970), an intelligence agent
Isabelle Collin Dufresne (aka Ultra Violet, born 1935), a French-American artist
Isabelle Corey (born 1939), a French film actress
Isabelle Coutant-Peyre (born 1952), a French lawyer
Isabelle Daniels (born 1937), an American athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres
Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805), a Dutch-born writer of the Enlightenment
Isabelle de Craon (1212-), a French noblewoman
Isabelle Debré (born 1957), a member of the Senate of France
Isabelle Delobel (born 1978), a French figure skater
Isabelle Delorme (1900–1991), a Canadian composer, pianist and music educator
Isabelle de Meulan (born c.1148-1220), a French noblewoman
Isabelle Demongeot (born 1966), a former French professional tennis player
Isabelle de Montolieu (1751–1832), a Swiss novelist and translator
Isabelle Despres, a French slalom canoer
Isabelle Devaluez (born 1966), a retired French discus thrower
Isabelle Diks (born 1965), a Dutch GreenLeft politician
Isabelle Dinoire (born 1967), the first person to undergo a partial face transplant
Isabelle Duchesnay (born 1963), an ice dancer who competed for both Canada and France
Isabelle Durant (born 1954), a Belgian politician, member of the Ecolo party
Isabelle Eberhardt (1877–1904), a Swiss -Algerian explorer and writer
Isabelle Ferron (born 1967), an actress in both film and stage
Isabelle Fijalkowski (born 1972), a retired French basketball player
Isabelle Flory, a French violinist
Isabelle Fuhrman (born 1997), an American teen actress
Isabelle Gatti de Gamond (1839–1905), an Italo-Belgian educationalist, feminist and politician
Isabelle Goldenson (-2005)
Isabelle Holland (1920–2002), an author of children and adult fiction books
Isabelle Huppert (born 1953), a French actress
Isabelle Keith (1898–1979), an American actress
Isabelle LaMal (1886–1952), an American film actress
Isabelle Lendl (born 1991), an American amateur golfer
Isabelle Liberman (1918–1990), an American psychologist
Isabelle Lucas (1927–1997), a Canadian-born British actress and singer
Isabelle Mancini (born 1967), a French cross country skier
Isabelle Mercier (born 1975), a Canadian professional poker player
Isabelle Mir (born 1949), a French former Alpine skier
Isabelle Morneau (born 1976), a defender on the Canada women's national soccer team
Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys (born 1966), a French athlete
Isabelle Nanty (born 1962), a French actress and film director
Isabelle Nylander (born 1990), a Swedish figure skater
Isabelle Pasco (born 1966), a French actress and model
Isabelle Pasquet (born 1962), a member of the Senate of France
Isabelle Pearson (born 1981), a Canadian judoka
Isabelle Peretz, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Montreal
Isabelle Pieman (born 1983), a Belgian figure skater
Isabelle Poulenard (born 1961), a French soprano
Isabelle Rampling (born 1985), a Canadian synchronized swimmer
Isabelle Redford, an American artist, entrepreneur and philanthropist
Isabelle Romée (1377–1458), the mother of Joan of Arc
Isabelle Sadoyan (born 1928), a French actress
Isabelle Sandy (1884–1975), a French poet and writer
Isabelle Severino (born 1980), a French gymnast and actress
Isabelle Simonis (born 1967), a Belgian politician from the Socialist Party
Isabelle Stengers (born 1949), a Belgian philosopher and the daughter of the historian Jean Stengers
Isabelle Stoehr (born 1979), a French professional squash player
Isabelle Stommen [nl] (born 1970), Belgian politician
Isabelle Stone, (1868-1944), an American physicist
Isabelle Turcotte Baird (born 1970), a Canadian athlete
Isabelle Urquhart (1865–1907), an American stage actress
Isabelle Vasseur (born 1959), a member of the National Assembly of France
Isabelle Vengerova (1877–1956), a Russian-born American pianist and music teacher
Isabelle Wendling (born 1971), a French handball player
Isabelle Wéry, a Belgian actress and writer
Isabelle Westbury (born 1990), an English cricketer
Isabelle White (1894–1972), a British diver
Isabelle Yacoubou (born 1986), is a French of Bénin origin professional basketball player

Fictional characters

Isabelle Andersson, fictional character in the Sune book series, Sune's younger sister
Isabelle Kruger, a fictional character played by Marion Cotillard in the 2005 film The Black Box
Isabelle (comics), a Belgian comic book series
Isabelle of Cornwall, the mother of Tristan in Arthurian legend
Isabelle Tyler, a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400
Isabelle (Animal Crossing), an anthropomorphic dog character who was introduced as the mayor's assistant in the Nintendo 3DS game title Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
Isabelle Lightwood (The mortal instruments) A very talented and beautiful shadowhunter.
Isabelle is also the name of a mathematical theorem prover (proof assistant).
Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, a character from the animated Disney series Phineas and Ferb.

Works of fiction

Isabelle (novella), by André Gide

Fleur Isabelle Delacour from Harry Potter

Surname Isabelle

Ana Isabelle, a Puerto Rican singer
Katharine Isabelle aka Katherine Isobel Murray (born 1981), a Canadian actress

Places

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")

Hurricanes

Hurricane Isabel

Bibliography

^ LDS.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «ĭz´a-bĕl»
^ Guido Gómez de Silva, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española, Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1985.
^ Hanks, Patrick und Flavia Hodges. Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press, 1996, p.166.
^ "Australia's 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. April 2, 2013. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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[1] LDS.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «ĭz´a-bĕl»

[2] Guido Gómez de Silva, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española, Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1985.

[3] Hanks, Patrick und Flavia Hodges. Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press, 1996, p.166.

[4] "Australia's 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. April 2, 2013. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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