Given name & surname
Isabelle
“my God is bountiful”·“God is my oath”·“My God is bountiful”
In German use, Isabelle has a related form in Isabel. In Spanish use, Isabel carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.” In English use, Isabelle has a related form in Elizabeth. “God is my oath” is the etymological interpretation given for Elisabeth, the same name in a different spelling. “My God is bountiful” is another recorded interpretation, but the two should be kept distinct rather than blended into one literal translation.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Isabelle has a related form in Isabel. In Spanish use, Isabel carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.” In English use, Isabelle has a related form in Elizabeth. “God is my oath” is the etymological interpretation given for Elisabeth, the same name in a different spelling. “My God is bountiful” is another recorded interpretation, but the two should be kept distinct rather than blended into one literal translation.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Isabelle has a related form in Elizabeth. Elizabeth is the usual English spelling of Elisabeth. The related biblical forms connect it with the Hebrew name Elisheba, borne by Aaron’s wife.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Isabelle has a related form in Elizabeth. The shared background comes through Elizabeth: English generally uses Elizabeth with a z, where many European languages retain Elisabeth with an s. Elisabeth is connected with Elisheba; its final element may have been reshaped through association with Hebrew shabbath, “sabbath.”
Explained through its name family
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. In English use, Isabelle has a related form in Elizabeth. The history of Elizabeth gives this family its wider story. The New Testament Elisabeth is the mother of John the Baptist. English royal associations include Elizabeth I and, in the twentieth century, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and her daughter Elizabeth II. Elizabeth’s familiar forms developed along several paths, including Eliza, Beth, Bess, Betty, Libby and Lizzie.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Isabelle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 107,782
- 20 boys · 107,762 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 4,106 babies
- 2025
- 1,825
- #166 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,825 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 166 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 27.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 4,106 in 2007. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (203). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 74,125 as a first name in 2020; 1,016 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.
Isabelle’s family of names
In English usage, Isabelle has a diminutive in Belle. In English usage, Isabelle shares an earlier linguistic root with Isabela. In English usage, Isabelle has a related form in Elizabeth.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Isabelle has relatives in 17 languages.
18 related names in 17 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 47
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- IzabellaPolish, Hungarian
- Isabeladoublet · English
- Elisabethequivalent
- Lisaequivalent
- Bettyequivalent
- Lizequivalent
- Lizaequivalent
- Betsyequivalent
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- Tinaequivalent
- Izabelequivalent
- Ilseequivalent
- IzabelaPolish, Czech
- Lieslequivalent
- Ilsaequivalent
- Elspethequivalent
- Elisabetequivalent
- Betinaequivalent
- Ysabelleequivalent
- Elizabetequivalent
- Elisabettaequivalent
- Liseequivalent
- Tineequivalent
- Elizabetaequivalent
- Isavellaequivalent
- Lisabelleequivalent
- Ilzeequivalent
- Sabelequivalent
- Liisaequivalent
- Eskeequivalent
- Yelyzavetaequivalent
- Ilzaequivalent
- Єлизаветаequivalent
- Elžbietaequivalent
- Élisabethequivalent
- Erzsébetequivalent
- Ealisaidequivalent
- Liesbethequivalent
- Elesbedequivalent
- Elżbietaequivalent
- Ισαβέλλαequivalent
- Alžbětaequivalent
- Elizabetoequivalent
- Liisiequivalent
- Изабелаequivalent
- ZabeleWalloon
- IsabèlOccitan
- ÍsabellaIcelandic
People named Isabelle
- Isabelle de CharrièreDutch French-language writer and composer (1740-1805)
- Isabelle AdjaniFrench actressborn 1955
- Isabelle HuppertFrench actress (born 1953)
- France GallFrench singer1947–2018
- ZazFrench singerborn 1980
- Isabella of FranceQueen consort of England1295–1358
- Isabelle AubretFrench singerborn 1938
- Isabella of Aragon, Queen of FranceFrench queen consort (1247-1271)1248–1271
- Isabelle FuhrmanAmerican actressborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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