Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Iselda isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Iselda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 202 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Iselda’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Iselda has a conventional equivalent in the English form Iseult.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
If you love Iselda, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Griselda
Griselda is used as a given name. One German interpretation is “a gray-haired battlemaid; one who fights the dark battle.” Its derivation is not certain.
>99% girls
Ileana
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>99% girls
Isamar
>99% girls
Ilana
“tree”
>99% girls
Amanda
“one who is much loved”
>99% girls
Alona
“one who is as strong as an oak”
>99% girls
Yesenia
“resembling a flower”
>99% girls
Isela
“a giving woran”
>99% girls