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ISABELLA
GENDER: Feminine
PRONOUNCED: ee-zah-BEL-lah (Italian), iz-ə-BEL-ə (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Latinate form of ISABEL. A notable bearer of the name was the powerful ruling queen Isabella of Castile, who sponsored the explorations of Christopher Columbus.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Ysabel, Isabel, Isabela (Spanish), Isabel, Isabell (German), Isabel, Isbel, Isebella, Izabelle (English), Isabelle (Dutch), Isabela (Romanian)
DIMINUTIVES: Isa (Italian), Isa (Spanish), Isa (German), Bella, Belle, Ibbie, Issy, Izzy, Libbie, Libby, Sabella (English), Isa (Dutch)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Zabel (Armenian), Elixabete (Basque), Elisabeth, Elisheba, Elizabeth (Biblical), Elisabet (Biblical Greek), Elisheba (Biblical Hebrew), Elisabeth (Biblical Latin), Elisaveta (Bulgarian), Elizabeta (Croatian), Alžběta, Izabela (Czech), Eliisabet, Liisa, Liisu (Estonian), Elisabet, Eliisa, Elisa, Elsa, Liisa, Liisi (Finnish), Élisabeth, Isabel, Isabelle, Babette, Élise, Lili, Lilian, Liliane, Lilianne, Lise, Lisette (French), Sabela (Galician), Eliso (Georgian), Elisavet (Greek), Elikapeka (Hawaiian), Elisheva (Hebrew), Erzsébet, Izabella, Bözsi, Erzsi, Liza, Zsóka (Hungarian), Elísabet (Icelandic), Eilís, Eilish, Isibéal, Sibéal (Irish), Elžbieta, Elzė (Lithuanian), Elisaveta (Macedonian), Ealisaid (Manx), Ibb (Medieval English), Isabel (Medieval Occitan), Isabèl (Occitan), Elżbieta, Izabela, Izabella, Liliana (Polish), Isabel, Belinha, Elisa, Elisabete, Isabela, Liliana (Portuguese), Lílian (Portuguese (Brazilian)), Elizaveta, Yelizaveta (Russian), Ealasaid, Elspet, Elspeth, Iseabail, Ishbel, Isobel, Beileag, Lileas, Lilias, Lillias (Scottish), Jelisaveta (Serbian), Alžbeta (Slovak), Elizabeta (Slovene)
Popularity
United States  ranked #2 
England/Wales  ranked #12 
Canada (BC)  ranked #8 
Australia (NSW)  ranked #4 
Austria  ranked #37 
Chile  ranked #89 
Denmark  ranked #1 
Ireland  ranked #51 
Netherlands  ranked #64 
Northern Ireland  ranked #33 
Norway  ranked #49 
Scotland  ranked #40 
Sweden  ranked #33 



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