Isabella

Locally spelled Isabel in MX Mexico, ES Spain, BR Brazil and 2 more, Isabelle in FR France, BE Belgium and Izabela in PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Isabella, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Gabriella
• Annabella
• Francesca
• Arabella
• Gabriela
• Juliana
• Sophia
• Gabrielle
• Olivia
• Emilia
• Amelia
• Alexandra

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Isabella is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Swedish

  Also written Isa-Bella, Ísabella, Isabellá, Isabélla, Ïsäbëllä

• French given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, United Kingdom

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Isabélla, Isâbëllå, Išabeļla, Isabèlla

70 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Isabella is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Variant of Isabel; very popular in Ireland in the early 20th century.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In English, Spanish form of Elizabeth; consecrated to God.

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• Latinate form of jIsabel, which became popular in England in the 18th century. Transferred use of the surname, which is derived from the medieval given name Erwin, from Old English eofor ‘boar’ + wine ‘friend’. There has also been some confusion with pIrving.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• Italian form of Spanish Isabel (see main dictionary).

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• from the female personal name Isabella (see Isbell).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Isabella of Austriab. 1501BEQueen consort of Denmark, Norway and Sweden; (1501-1526)
• Mary of Modenab. 1658ITnot in their usual nameQueen consort of England (1685-1688)
• Sojourner Truthb. 1797USnot in their usual nameabolitionist and African-American activist for women's rights (1797–1883)
• Isabella Beetonb. 1836GBBritish journalist, editor, publisher, and writer
• Isabel de Borbón y Borbónb. 1851ESSpanish princess; eldest daughter of Queen Isabella II and Francis, Duke of Cádiz
• Isabella Rossellinib. 1952ITItalian-American actress (born 1952)
• Isabella Ferrarib. 1964ITItalian actress
• Zoë Kravitzb. 1988USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, director, singer and model (born 1988)
• Bella Hadidb. 1996USnot in their usual nameAmerican model
• Bella Ramseyb. 2003GBnot in their usual nameBritish actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Isabella mean, and where does it come from?

From Hebrew Elisheva via Latin/Italian, 'God is my oath' Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….

Is Isabella a male or female name?

Isabella is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Brazil (IBGE, 2022), Ecuador (INEC, 2024) and Denmark (Danmarks Statistik), among others.

What are other forms of the name Isabella?

In the etymology graph, Elizabeth, Lisa and Isabel are forms of the same name in other languages; Isa is a recorded short or pet form.

In which country does Isabella have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 391 thousand people named Isabelle in France, more than in any other country we hold.

How common is the name Isabella?

In the United States, the national register counted 309,067 people named Isabella in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.

How common is Isabella compared with other names?

In France, Isabella is the 17th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.

How do you pronounce Isabella?

It depends on the language: in Spanish /isaβeʎa/; in English /ɪzəˈbɛlə/ (Wiktionary); in Portuguese /izabɛlɐ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.