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ISOLDE
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Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), German, Celtic Mythology
Pronounced: i-ZOL-də (English), i-SOL-də (English), ee-ZAWL-du (German) [key]
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Possibly derived from a Welsh root meaning "beautiful". In Celtic legend she was an Irish princess betrothed to King Mark of Cornwall. She became the lover of his knight Tristan, which led to their tragic deaths. The story was popular during the Middle Ages and the name became relatively common in England then. It was rare by the 19th century, though some interest was generated by Richard Wagner's opera 'Tristan und Isolde' (1865). |
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