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
Isobel Mary Helen Cecilia Joyce (born 25 July 1983) is an Irish former cricketer. She played as a right-handed batter and left-arm medium pace bowler. She appeared in one Test match, 79 One Day Internationals and 55 Twenty20 Internationals for ...
(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
Isobel Lennart (May 18, 1915 – January 25, 1971) was an award-winning American screenwriter and playwright. She is best known for writing the book for the Broadway musical '' Funny Girl'' which premiered in 1964, although she also wrote scripts ...
(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 Isobel, is the Scottish form of the female given name Isabel. It originates from the medieval form of the name Elisabeth (Hebrew Elisheba).
Isobel is a feminine given name. People named Isobel include:
* Isobel of Huntingdon (1199-1251), Scottish ...
, a fictional character from the American ''
The Vampire Diaries
''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural teen drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson (screenwriter), Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the The Vampire Diaries (novel series), book series ...
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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