Isabelle

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Isabel in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 8 more, Elizabeth in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 4 more, Elisabeth in NL Netherlands, DE Germany, SE Sweden and 2 more and Елизавета in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 1 more.

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 18 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 names spelled this way◐

Isabelle is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name456K records spelled Isabelle26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Australia, Canada

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Isa-Belle, Isabellé, Isabęllę, Isabellè, Isabélle

• a separate given name12K records spelled Isabelle2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Switzerland

  Also written Isabellé

69 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Isabelle is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, French form of Elizabeth, from Hebrew Elisheva, 'God is my oath'.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In English, French form of Isabella; from Hebrew Elisheva, 'God is my oath'

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In French, From Hebrew; biblical female given name. Cited as a recent, newly coined/non-inflecting source for surnames.

  as a name·Tên Họ Người Việt Nam

• French form of jIsabel, occasionally used in the English-speaking world.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A female given name from French Isabelle, ultimately a variant of Elizabeth.

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

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Isabella of Angoulêmeb. 1188FRnot in their usual nameQueen consort of England as the second wife of King John
• Isabella of Franceb. 1295FRnot in their usual nameQueen consort of England
• Isabella of Valoisb. 1389FRnot in their usual nameQueen consort of England
• Isabelle de Charrièreb. 1740CHDutch French-language writer and composer (1740-1805)
• Isabelle Aubretb. 1938FRFrench singer
• France Gallb. 1947FRnot in their usual nameFrench singer
• Isabelle Huppertb. 1953FRFrench actress (born 1953)
• Isabelle Adjanib. 1955FRFrench actress
• Isabelle Carob. 1982FRFrench actress and model
• Emilia Clarkeb. 1986GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actress, model and writer

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 · 1,446 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Isabelle?

We estimate roughly 2.6 million people bear Isabelle (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Isabelle have the most bearers?

Isabelle is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled isabel.

Where is Isabelle most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Isabelle is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 48 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Isabelle compared with other names?

In Argentina, Isabelle is the 36th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Isabelle a male or female name?

Isabelle 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 Isabelle mean?

Recorded meaning: French form derived from Elisabeth; from Hebrew meaning “God is plenitude.”