Isobel, is the Scottish form of the female
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
Isabel. It originates from the medieval form of the name Elisabeth (Hebrew
Elisheba).
Isobel is a feminine given name. People named Isobel include:
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Isobel of Huntingdon
Isobel of Huntingdon (1199–1251), also known as Isobel the Scot, was the younger daughter of David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, grandson of David I of Scotland, by his marriage to Matilda of Chester.
She married Robert Bruce, 4th Lord ...
(1199-1251), Scottish royalty
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Isobel Baillie (1895-1983), Scottish operatic soprano
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Isobel Barnett (1918-1980), British radio and television personality
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Isobel Buchanan (born 1954), Scottish operatic soprano
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Isobel Campbell (born 1976), Scottish singer, formerly with Belle and Sebastian
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Isobel Lilian Gloag
Isobel Lilian Gloag (1865–1917) was an English painter, known for her oil and watercolour portraits, as well as posters and stained-glass designs.
Biography
Gloag was born in London, the daughter of Scottish parents from Perthshire. Her early ...
(1865–1917), English painter
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Isobel Gowdie, Scottish woman who was tried for witchcraft in 1662
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Isobel Elsom (1893-1981), English actress
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Isobel Joyce (born 1983), Irish cricketer
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Isobel Loutit
Isobel St. Clair Loutit (July 18, 1909 – April 19, 2009) was a Canadian mathematician, educator, inventor, and statistician. She was "one of the first women, if not the first, to work professionally as a statistician in Canada", and she was reco ...
(1909–2009), Canadian statistician
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Isobel Miller Kuhn (1901-1957), Canadian missionary
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Isobel Lennart (1915-1971), American screenwriter and playwright
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Isobel Redmond (born 1953), Australian politician
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Isobel Waller-Bridge (born 1984), British composer
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Isobel Yeung (born 1986), British journalist.
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Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, a fictional character from the American medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy''
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Isobel Crawley, a fictional character from British period drama ''Downton Abbey''
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Isobel Flemming, a fictional character from the American ''
The Vampire Diaries''
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''Isobel'' (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1850-1857, see
Hudson's Bay Company vessels
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Scottish feminine given names