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[Facts] Another, perhaps not-so-scholarly take...
A Dictionary of First Names, by the Oxford Press, says Isabel is a form of Elizabeth coined by "... deletion of the first syllable and alteration of the final consonant sound to one that can normally end a word in Spanish."Source: http://snipurl.com/ff78.EDIT: Fixed italics.

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