Isabella (given name)

Isabella
	Claudio and Isabella from William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure , by William Holman Hunt, 1850.
Pronunciation	Italian: [iza'bɛlla]
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Italian
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew via Greek and Latin
Meaning	"God is my oath"
Region of origin	Italy
Other names
Nickname(s)	Izzy, Bella
Related names	Bettina, Elisa, Élisa, Elisabel, Elisabeth, Élisabeth, Elisabetta, Elise, Élise, Elisheba, Elisheva, Eliza, Elizabeta, Elizabeth, Elize, Elsa, Elspeth, Esepeta, Isa, Isabeau, Isabel, Isabela, Isabell, Isabelle, Isabelly, Ishbel, Isobel, Izabel, Izabela, Izabella, Lisa, Ysabeau, Ysabel, Ysabell, Ysabella, Zabel.
See also	Bella

Last updated July 13, 2025

Isabella is a feminine given name, the Latinate and Italian form of Isabel , the Spanish form, Isabelle , the French form, and Isobel , the Scottish form of the name Elizabeth . All are ultimately derived from the Hebrew Elisheba , meaning God is my oath. Isabella has been in wide use in the Anglosphere since the 1700s and has been a popular name in recent years.^[1] It is particularly well used for Hispanic girls in the United States.^[2] A common diminutive form is Bella.^[3] It may refer to:

People

Royalty

Queen Isabella (disambiguation), the name of many queens
Isabella of Aragon (disambiguation)
Isabella of Castile (disambiguation)
Isabella of France (disambiguation)
Isabella of Spain (disambiguation)
Isabella, Countess of Atholl, ban-mormaer of Atholl, Scotland, 1211–1236/7
Isabella, Countess of Menteith (1217–1272)
Isabella of Mar (c. 1277–1296), first wife of Robert the Bruce
Isabella of France (1295–1358), Queen consort of England as the wife of Edward II of England
Isabella, Countess of Brienne (1306–1360), Countess of Lecce and Brienne
Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon (1313–1388), wife of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
Isabella, Countess of Fife (c.1320–1389)
Isabella, Countess of Bedford (1332–1379), daughter of King Edward III of England
Isabella, Countess of Foix (c.1361–1428), Viscountess of Béarn
Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (1400–1453), Queen of Naples
Isabella of Bourbon (1436–1465), Countess Consort of Charolais
Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504, "Queen Isabella of Spain"), Queen of Castile and León, wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1470–1498), Princess of Asturias
Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (1470–1524), Princess of Naples, Duchess Consort of Milan
Isabella d'Este (1474-1539), Marchesa of Mantua
Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904), queen regnant of Spain from 1843 until 1868
Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1851–1931), daughter of Queen Isabella II
Princess Isabella of Denmark (born 2007), daughter of King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark

Other

Isabella Acres (born 2001), American actress
Isabella Andreini (1562–1604), Italian actress and writer
Izabella Alvarez (born 2004), American actress
Isabella Arcila (born 1994), Colombian swimmer
Isabella Belfer, oldest woman imprisoned in Israel
Isabella Bird (1831–1904), English explorer, writer, and a natural historian
Isabella Blake-Thomas (born 2002), British voice actress
Isabella Blow (1958-2007), English magazine editor
Isabella Eugénie Boyer (1841–1904), French-American model and heiress
Isabella Boylston (born 1986) American ballet dancer
Isabella Brownson (born 1998), English actress
Isabella Campbell, Countess Cawdor (born 1966), British fashion editor
Isabella Castillo (born 1994), Cuban-American actress and singer
Isabella Cramp (born 2004), American voice actress
Isabella Ferreira (born 2002), American actress
Isabella Flores (born 2003), American ice dancer
Isabelle Foerder (born 1979), paralympic athlete from Germany
Isabella Forbes (1913–2002), Scottish aristocrat, farmer, and dancer
Bella French Swisher (1837–1893), American writer
Isabella Gardner (1915–1981), American poet
Isabella Hadid, known as Bella Hadid (born 1996), American model
Isabella Hofmann (born 1958), American actress
Isabella Hammad (born 1990/1991), British-Palestinian author
Isabella Isaksen (born 1993), modern pentathlete from the United States
Isabella Jobson (1878 - 1943), Australian nurse who served in World War I
Isabella Kelly (1759–1857), Scottish novelist and poet
Isabella Leong (born 1988), Macanese actress and former singer
Isabella Lombardo, Australian child with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy
Isabella Lovestory (born 1993), Honduran singer
Isabella Markham (1527–1579), English courtier and Gentlewoman
Isabella Manfredi (born 1987), Australian rock musician
Isabella García-Manzo, a Salvadoran beauty pageant titleholder
Isabella Menin (born 1996), Brazilian model and beauty queen
Isabella Molyneux, Countess of Sefton (1748–1819), British peeress
Isabella di Morra (c.1520–1545/1546), Italian poet
Isabella Nardoni (2002-2008), Brazilian murder victim
Isabella Rossellini (born 1952), Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model
Isabella Rudkin (1821/3–1888), Anglo-Irish child musical prodigy known as "The Infant Lyra"
Isabella Santoni (born 1995), Brazilian actress
Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840–1924), American art collector and philanthropist
Isabella Vincent (born 2006), Australian Paralympic swimmer
Isabella Weber (born 1987), German economist active in the United States
Isabella Whitney (1546/1548, died after 1624), English poet and writer

Fictional characters

Isabella, a stock character in Italian comedy
Isabella Knightley, Emma's sister in Emma by Jane Austen
Isabella Linton, character in Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.
Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, a main character in the Disney Channel series, Phineas and Ferb ; she has a one-sided crush on Phineas Flynn
Isabella "Bella" Swan, protagonist of the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
Isabella Toscano, fictional character from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives
Isabella Braña Williams, a former character on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
Isabella "Ivy" Valentine, from Soulcalibur
Isabella (comics), the title character of an Italian comic book series

References

↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 131. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
↑ "Spanish Names Trending in the US".
↑ "Social Security - Popular Baby Names". Social Security Administration. Retrieved September 21, 2020.

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[1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 131. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

[2] "Spanish Names Trending in the US".

[3] "Social Security - Popular Baby Names". Social Security Administration. Retrieved September 21, 2020.

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Origin
Claudio and Isabella from William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure , by William Holman Hunt, 1850.
Pronunciation	Italian: [iza'bɛlla]
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Italian
Word/name	Hebrew via Greek and Latin
Meaning	"God is my oath"
Region of origin	Italy
Other names
Nickname(s)	Izzy, Bella
Related names	Bettina, Elisa, Élisa, Elisabel, Elisabeth, Élisabeth, Elisabetta, Elise, Élise, Elisheba, Elisheva, Eliza, Elizabeta, Elizabeth, Elize, Elsa, Elspeth, Esepeta, Isa, Isabeau, Isabel, Isabela, Isabell, Isabelle, Isabelly, Ishbel, Isobel, Izabel, Izabela, Izabella, Lisa, Ysabeau, Ysabel, Ysabell, Ysabella, Zabel.
See also	Bella