Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of '' Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''
Elisheva
Elisheba (; ) was the wife of the Israelite prophet Aaron, who was the elder brother of Moses and the first High Priest of Israel, according to the Hebrew Bible.
She was said to be a daughter of Amminadab from the Tribe of Judah, and a sister ...
''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popular in England in the 13th century following the marriage of
Isabella of Angoulême
Isabella (french: Isabelle, ; c. 1186/ 1188 – 4 June 1246) was Queen of England from 1200 to 1216 as the second wife of King John, Countess of Angoulême in her own right from 1202 until her death in 1246, and Countess of La Marche from 122 ...
to the king of England. Today sometimes abbreviated to Isa.
Etymology
This set of names is a Spanish variant of the
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
name
Elisheba
Elisheba (; ) was the wife of the Israelite prophet Aaron, who was the elder brother of Moses and the first High Priest of Israel, according to the Hebrew Bible.
She was said to be a daughter of Amminadab from the Tribe of Judah, and a sister of ...
definite article
An article is any member of a class of dedicated words that are used with noun phrases to mark the identifiability of the referents of the noun phrases. The category of articles constitutes a part of speech.
In English, both "the" and "a(n)" a ...
''el'' "the", that is to say ''*El Isabeth'', from it, the short form ''*Isabeth'' where the final ''-el'' was substituted to ''-eth'', both for aesthetical reasons or feminization, or the entire syllable ''-bel'' was substituted to ''-beth'', by analogy with ''bella'' "pretty, beautiful".
(1474–1504), Queen consort of Aragon (1479–1504)
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Isabel
Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of '' Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popul ...
, Princess Imperial of
Brazil
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Salvador Allende
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Isabel Casimiro
Isabel Maria Cortesão Casimiro (born 14 January 1955) is a Mozambican sociologist, women's rights activist, and a former politician. She is a professor at the Centre of African Studies, Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique. She is a f ...
, Mozambican sociologist
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Isabel Cleghorn
Isabel Cleghorn LLA (14 March 1852 – 4 December 1922) was a British educationist and suffragist. She was the headteacher at Heeley which is now part of Sheffield and she was the first woman President of the National Union of Teachers in 191 ...
(1852–1922), British educationist and suffragist
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Isabel de Madariaga
Isabel Margaret de Madariaga (27 August 1919 – 16 June 2014) was a British historian who specialised on Russia in the 18th century and Catherine the Great. She published six books on Russia and is credited for changing the perception of Cather ...
, British historian
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Isabel del Puerto
Isabel del Puerto (born Elisabeth von Hortenau: August 7, 1921 in Vienna, Austria – March 13, 2014) was an Austrian-born noblewoman Mexican-American model, actress, dancer, writer, photojournalist, realtor and entrepreneur, and is the daughter ...
, Mexican-American actress
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Isabel Escobar
Isabel C. Escobar is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. She is also associate director of the Center of Membrane Sciences and co-director of the College of Engi ...
, Brazilian-American environmental engineer
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Isabel Fillardis
Isabel Cristina Teodoro Fillardis (born August 3, 1973, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian actress and model.
Career
Fillardis began her career as a model at age 11, and at 15 she became a professional model. Two years later, at the i ...
, Brazilian actress
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Isabel Godin des Odonais
Isabel Godin des Odonais (1728 in Riobamba, Viceroyalty of Peru, now in Ecuador – 28 September 1792 in Saint-Amand-Montrond, Cher, France) was an 18th-century woman who became separated from her husband in South America by colonial politics ...
Isabel Leonard
Isabel Leonard (born February 18, 1982) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer based in New York City. She is of Argentine ancestry on her mother's side.
Education
Leonard was born in New York City. For five years she sang with the Manhattan ...
, American opera singer
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Isabel Lucas
Isabel Lucas (born 29 January 1985) is an Australian actress and model. She is mainly known for her roles in ''Home and Away'' (2003–06), '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' (2009), '' Daybreakers'' (2009), ''The Waiting City'' (2009), ...
, Australian actress and model
*
Isabel Macedo
MarÃa Isabel Macedo (born August 2, 1975) is an Argentine actress and singer. She was the First Lady of Salta Province from September 24, 2016 until December 10, 2019.
Biography
MarÃa Isabel Macedo was born in San Salvador de Jujuy, Arge ...
Isabel Nolan
Isabel Nolan is an Irish contemporary artist who works with sculpture, textile, photographs, and text. Nolan lives and works in Dublin.
Work
Nolan, according to a review of her work in Frieze Magazine, works similarly to Eva Berendes, Nicho ...
, Irish artist
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Isabel Oli
Maria Olivia Daytia-Prats (born October 20, 1981), better known by the screen name Isabel Oli, is a Filipina model and actress.
Background
Oli is the youngest of seven children to a Filipino father of Chinese descent and a Filipina mother of S ...
, Filipino actress
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Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer
Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer (23 July 1901Funeraria Jackie Oliver. Museum. Avenida Las Americas, Ponce, Puerto Rico. 15 February 2012. – 4 January 1974), better known as "Isabel la Negra", was a Puerto Rican brothel owner and madam in barrio ...
(1901–1974), Puerto Rican brothel owner
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Isabel Ordaz
Isabel Ordaz Luengo (born 11 March 1957) is a Spanish actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1982. She won the Silver St. George for Best Actress for her role in '' Chevrolet'' at the 20th Moscow Internation ...
, Spanish actress
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Isabel Pantoja
MarÃa Isabel Pantoja MartÃn (; born August 2, 1956) is a Spanish singer. She was born in the Triana district of Seville, Spain. She has released more than a dozen albums throughout a career spanning many decades, mostly of '' copla'' genre, ...
, Spanish singer
* Isabel Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter
* Isabelle Rauch (born 1968), French politician
*
Isabel Ruth
Isabel Ruth (born 6 April 1940) is a Portuguese actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1963. She starred in '' River of Gold'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Selected filmogr ...
, Portuguese actress
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Isabel Sanford
Isabel Sanford (born Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford; August 29, 1917 – July 9, 2004) was an American stage, film, and television actress and comedian best known for her role as Louise "Weezy" Mills Jefferson on the CBS sitcoms ''All in the Fami ...
, American actress
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Isabel Toledo
Isabel Toledo (born Maria Isabel Izquierdo; April 9, 1960 – August 26, 2019) was a Cuban-American fashion designer based in New York City. She was widely recognized in the fashion industry for her attention to craftsmanship and the "sophisticate ...
Isabelle of Luxembourg
Isabelle of Luxembourg (1247–1298) was a countess consort of Flanders and a marquis consort of Namur by marriage to Guy of Dampierre.
Life
She was the daughter of Henry V of Luxembourg and Margaret of Bar. Isabelle was a member of the House o ...
Isabelle Abiera
Isabelle Abiera Collins-Magno (born 28 August 1992), professionally known as Max Collins, is a Filipino-American actress and model.
Early life
Collins was born in California. Her mother is a Filipino who is from Kalibo, Aklan. Her father is an ...
Isabelle Antena
Isabelle Antena (born 28 May 1960) is a French singer and songwriter, and founder of the electro-samba group ''Antena''.
Biography
Isabelle Antena is a bossa nova and samba-inflected nu jazz and electropop artist. She was a founding member of ...
, a French singer
* Isabelle Arnould (born 1970), a retired Belgian female freestyle swimmer
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(born 1938), a French singer
* Isabelle Autissier (born 1956), a French sailor, navigator, writer and broadcaster
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Isabelle Amyes
Isabelle Amyes (born 13 June 1950) is an English actress best known for her role as Barbara Hunt in the British TV drama '' Bad Girls'' from 2000 to 2003. Another prominent role was as Fanny in ''Love in a Cold Climate'' (1980). Her various gu ...
(born 1950), an English actress
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Isabelle Blais
Isabelle Sophie Emilie Blais (born June 21, 1975) is a Canadian film and television actress and singer.
History
Isabelle Blais was born on June 21, 1975 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She is a graduate of the Montreal campus of the Conservatoir ...
, a Canadian actress and musician
* 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 von Bueltzingsloewen (born 1964), a French academic and historian
* Isabelle Buret, a French telecommunications and space science engineer
* Isabelle Le Callennec (born 1966), French politician
* Isabel Calvimontes (1790-1855), a Bolivian-born Argentine patriot; one of the Patricias Argentinas
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Isabelle Carbonell
Isabelle Carbonell is a Belgian-Uruguayan-American award-winning experimental documentary filmmaker, and an assistant film professor at the American University of Paris. She holds a PhD in film
from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her ...
Isabelle Chartrand
Isabelle Chartrand (born April 20, 1978) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman. As a member of the Canadian national ice hockey team, she won Olympic gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 2001 IIHF Women's World Champion ...
(born 1978), a Canadian ice hockey player
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Isabelle Cheng
Isabelle Cheng (), also known as Cheng Nian-tzu, was an intelligence agent for the National Security Bureau of Taiwan.
She came to public attention when her relationship with Donald Keyser, an official of the United States Department of State, ...
Isabelle Daniels
Isabelle Frances Daniels (later ''Holston''; July 31, 1937 – September 8, 2017) was an American sprinter.
Daniels attended Tennessee State University, where she was part of their Amateur Athletic Union, AAU champion relay team for 5 years ...
(born 1937), an American athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres
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(1740–1805), a Dutch-born writer of the Enlightenment
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Isabelle de Craon
Isabelle de Craon, Dame de Fougères (born 1212), was a French noblewoman, being the daughter of Amaury I, Sire de Craon, a wealthy baron who was the possessor of many lordships in Anjou and Maine. She was the wife of Raoul III, Sire de Fougères ...
Isabelle Delobel
Isabelle Delobel (born 17 June 1978) is a French former competitive ice dancer. With partner Olivier Schoenfelder, she is the 2008 World champion, the 2007 European champion, and the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion.
Delobel and Schoenfelder r ...
(born 1978), a French figure skater
* Isabelle Delorme (1900–1991), a Canadian composer, pianist and music educator
* Isabelle de Meulan (c. 1148 – 1220), a French noblewoman
* Isabelle Demongeot (born 1966), a former French professional tennis player
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Isabelle de Montolieu
Isabelle de Montolieu (1751–1832) was a Swiss novelist and translator. She wrote in and translated to the French language. Montolieu penned a few original novels and over 100 volumes of translations. She wrote the first French translation of ...
(1751–1832), a Swiss novelist and translator
* Isabelle Despres, a French slalom canoer
* Isabelle Devaluez (born 1966), a retired French discus thrower
*
Isabelle Diks
Lillian Isabella (Isabelle) Diks (Heerlen, 25 July 1965) is a Dutch GreenLeft politician. Between 1 September 2008 and 1 January 2009 she replaced Member of Parliament Mariko Peters as member of the House of Representatives.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
Isabelle Annie J. Durant (born 4 September 1954) is a Belgian politician of the Ecolo party who served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from 2017 to 2021 and as acting Secretary-General ...
(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
Isabelle Fuhrman (born February 25, 1997) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Esther in the horror film ''Orphan'' (2009) and its prequel '' Orphan: First Kill'' (2022). She also portrayed Clove in the dystopian adventure film ' ...
(born 1997), an American teen actress
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Isabelle Gatti de Gamond
Isabelle Laure Gatti de Gamond (28 July 1839 – 11 October 1905) was a Belgian educationalist, feminist, and politician.
Life
Isabelle Gatti was the second of four daughters born to Giovanni Gatti, an Italian artist, and feminist writer Zoà ...
(1839–1905), an Italo-Belgian educationalist, feminist and politician
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Isabelle Goldenson Isabelle Charlotte Weinstein Goldenson (May 18, 1920 - February 21, 2005) was the wife of American Broadcasting Company founder and chairman Leonard Goldenson, and a co-founder of the charity United Cerebral Palsy (UCP).
The Goldensons' daughter Ge ...
(-2005)
* Isabelle Guyon (born 1961), French-born researcher in machine learning
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Isabelle Haak
Isabelle Haak (born 11 July 1999) is a Swedish volleyball player, who plays as an opposite for the Italian club Imoco Volley Conegliano and the Swedish national team.
Club career
Haak started playing volleyball at the youth teams of her homet ...
(born 1999), Swedish volleyball player
* Isabelle Holland (1920–2002), an author of children and adult fiction books
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Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Described as "one of the best actresses in the world", she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. She is the recipient of sev ...
(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 Li, Singaporean table tennis player
*
Isabelle Liberman
Isabelle Yoffe Liberman (1918–1990) was an American psychologist, born in Latvia, who was an expert on reading disabilities, including dyslexia. Isabelle Liberman received her bachelor's degree from Vassar College and her doctorate from Yale Uni ...
(1918–1990), an American psychologist
* Isabelle Lucas (1927–1997), a Canadian-born British actress and singer
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Isabelle Mancini
Isabelle Mancini (born July 26, 1967 in Arbois, Jura) is a French cross-country skier who competed from 1988 to 1994. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finishes at Albertville in 1992 with a fifth in the 4 × 5 km relay ...
(born 1967), a French cross country skier
* Isabelle Mercier (born 1975), a Canadian professional poker player
* Isabelle E. Merry (1908-2002), Australian Congregational minister and chaplain
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Isabelle Mir
Isabelle Mir (born 2 March 1949) is a French former Alpine skier. At the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble Mir was silver medalist in the downhill. She received a silver medal at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970
The FIS Alpine World ...
(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
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(born 1962), a French actress and film director
* Isabelle Nylander (born 1990), a Swedish figure skater
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Isabelle Pasco
Isabelle Pasco (born 25 April 1966) is a French actress and model.
Pasco was born in Perpignan. She began her career as a model, modelling for photographers including: Paolo Roversi; Peter Lindberg; David Lachapelle; Helmut Newton; Antony Arm ...
(born 1966), a French actress and model
* Isabelle Pasquet (born 1962), member of the Senate of France
* Isabelle Pearson (born 1981), Canadian judoka
* Isabelle Peretz, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Montreal
* Isabelle Pieman (born 1983), Belgian figure skater
* Isabelle Poulenard (born 1961), French soprano
* Isabelle Rampling (born 1985), Canadian synchronized swimmer
* Isabelle Rezazadeh, also known as Rezz, a Canadian DJ and record producer
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Isabelle Schad
Isabelle Schad (born 21 April 1970) is a German dancer and choreographer.
Biography
Schad was born in Stuttgart and studied ballet there from 1981 to 1990. She then danced for six years in various ballet companies before becoming a member of U ...
(born 1970), German dancer and choreographer
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Isabelle Severino
Isabelle Severino (born 9 April 1980) is a French gymnast and actress from Montmorency, Paris, France.
Severino was a member of the 1996 and 2004 French Olympic teams where the French team placed 8th and 6th respectively. Isabelle is also a v ...
(born 1980), French gymnast and actress
* Isabelle Simonis (born 1967), Belgian politician from the Socialist Party
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Isabelle Stengers
Isabelle Stengers (; ; born 1949) is a Belgian philosopher, noted for her work in the philosophy of science. Trained as a chemist, she has collaborated with Russian-Belgian chemist Ilya Prigogine and French philosopher/sociologist Bruno Latour a ...
(born 1949), Belgian philosopher and the daughter of the historian Jean Stengers
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Isabelle Stoehr
Isabelle Stoehr (born June 9, 1979, in Tours) is a professional squash player from France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and te ...
(born 1979), French professional squash player
* Isabelle Stone, (1868-1944), American physicist
* Isabelle Story (1887–1970), American writer and editor
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Isabelle Turcotte Baird
Isabelle Turcotte Baird (born September 24, 1970 in Quebec City, Quebec) is an athlete from Canada. She competes in the triathlon.
Baird competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, official ...
(born 1970), Canadian athlete
* Isabelle Urquhart (1865–1907), American stage actress
* Isabelle Vasseur (born 1959), member of the National Assembly of France
* Isabelle Valentin (born 1962), French politician
* Isabelle Vengerova (1877–1956), a Russian-born American pianist and music teacher
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Isabelle Wendling
Isabelle Wendling (born 30 January 1971, in Boulay-Moselle) is a French handball player and member of a former World Champion France national team.
She became World Champion in 2003, when France won the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship i ...
Isabelle White
Isabelle Mary White (1 September 1894 – 24 June 1972) was the first British diver to win a medal at the Olympic Games, and the first to win a European championship. She competed in four Olympics, including the 1912 Summer Olympics, where ...
(1894–1972), a British diver
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Isabelle Yacoubou
Isabelle Yacoubou (born 21 April 1986) is a Beninese-born French basketball player. She plays for France women's national basketball team. She has competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics where France won a silver medal. Since May 2004 she also hold ...
* Isabelle Andersson, fictional character in the Sune book series, Sune's younger sister
* Isabelle Kruger, a fictional character played by
Marion Cotillard
Marion Cotillard (; born 30 September 1975) is a French actress, film producer, singer, and environmentalist who is widely known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters in both European and Hollywood productions.
She has received ...
in the 2005 film '' The Black Box''
* Isabelle (comics), a Belgian comic book series
* Isabelle of Cornwall, the mother of
Tristan
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The Mortal Instruments
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'' series and ''
Shadowhunters
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