Given name & surname
Isabella
“my God is bountiful”
In Danish use, Isabella has a related form in Isabel. In Spanish use, Isabel carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Danish use, Isabella has a related form in Isabel. In Spanish use, Isabel carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Isabella developed from Isabel.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Isabella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 417,454
- 453 boys · 417,001 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 22,966 babies
- 2025
- 10,666
- #7 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10,666 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22,936 in 2010. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (1,559). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 309,067 as a first name in 2020; 1,076 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Isabella’s family of names
In English usage, Isabella has a diminutive in Bella. In Finnish usage, Isabella developed from the Spanish form Isabel. In Latin usage, Isabella has a conventional equivalent in the English form Elizabeth.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Isabella has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
15 related names in 14 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 43
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ElizabethEnglish
- Izabellaequivalent
- Isabelaequivalent
- Elisabethequivalent
- Lisaequivalent
- Bettyequivalent
- Lizequivalent
- Lizaequivalent
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- Betsyequivalent
- Ysabellaequivalent
- Izabelequivalent
- Ilseequivalent
- IzabelaPolish
- Ilsaequivalent
- Elspethequivalent
- Elisabetequivalent
- Betinaequivalent
- Elizabetequivalent
- Elisabettaequivalent
- Elizabetaequivalent
- Isabeloequivalent
- Ilzeequivalent
- Sabelequivalent
- Liisaequivalent
- Zabelleequivalent
- Tineequivalent
- Liseequivalent
- Ilzaequivalent
- Elžbietaequivalent
- Élisabethequivalent
- Erzsébetequivalent
- Ealisaidequivalent
- Liesbethequivalent
- Изабелаequivalent
- Elesbedequivalent
- Elżbietaequivalent
- Elizabetoequivalent
- Liisiequivalent
- Ihiperaequivalent
- 伊麗莎白Chinese
- ИзабеллаRussian
- AlžbětaCzech
- Eskeequivalent
People named Isabella
- Isabella I of Castilequeen of the Crown of Castile, from 1474 to 1504; first queen of a dynastically-united Spain, from 1479 to 1504 (1451–1504)
- Sojourner Truthabolitionist and African-American activist for women's rights (1797–1883)
- Isabella RosselliniItalian-American actress (born 1952)
- Bella HadidAmerican modelborn 1996
- Isabella of FranceQueen consort of England1295–1358
- Isabella of Portugal16th-century Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Spain (1503-1539)
- Isabella of AustriaQueen consort of Denmark, Norway and Sweden; (1501-1526)
- Bella RamseyBritish actorborn 2003
- Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugalqueen consort of Portugal (1470-1498)
Characters named Isabella: Bella Swan (character and the protagonist of the Twilight series), Ivy Valentine (Soulcalibur), Isabella Garcia-Shapiro ('Phineas and Ferb'), Isabella (stock character used in commedia dell'arte).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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