Isabela

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other recorded senses●

Isabela is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Filipino, Isabela (a province of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines; capital and largest city: Ilagan)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, Variante de Isabel; probablemente del hebreo 'Dios es juramento'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Latvian, pilsēta Filipīnu dienvidos, Basilanas salā, administratīvi iekļauta Zamoangas Pussalas reģionā

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

AR datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) — 86 years between 1926–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Isabela Coronab. 1913MXMexican actress (1913–1993)
• Bella Akhatovna Akhmadulinab. 1937RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (1937–2010)
• Chavela Romerob. 1946MXnot in their usual nameMexican professional wrestler (1946-1985)
• Isabela Garciab. 1967BRBrazilian actress
• Izab. 1990BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian singer-songwriter and dancer
• Isabela Ramonab. 1994BRBrazilian basketball player (born 1994)
• Isabela Valadeirob. 1996PTPortuguese actress
• Isabela Souzab. 1998BRBrazilian actress and singer
• Isabela Onyshkob. 1998CACanadian artistic gymnast
• Isabela Mercedb. 2001USAmerican actress and singer (born 2001)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 666 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Isabela?

We estimate roughly 734 thousand people bear Isabela (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Isabela have the most bearers?

We estimate about 359 thousand people bear Isabela in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled isabela.

Where is Isabela most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Isabela is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 557 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is Isabela compared with other names?

In Brazil, Isabela is the 133rd most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Isabela a male or female name?

Isabela is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Isabela mean?

Recorded meaning: Variant of Isabella; from Hebrew Elisheva, 'God is my oath'