Izabela

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 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 names spelled this way◐

Izabela is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name461K records spelled Izabela5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Spain, United States, Romania

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Ízabela, Izâbela

• French given name3.7K records spelled Izabela5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Izabéla, Ïzabëla, Ïżäbëlä

• Romanian given name1.6K records spelled Izabela2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, Moldova, Italy, United States

  Also written Ïzabela

42 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●

Izabela is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, a female given name, variant of Isabel

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

• In Czech, a female given name, equivalent to English Isabel or Isabelle

  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) — 36 years between 1987–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Isabeau of Bavariab. 1370FRnot in their usual nameQueen Consort of France
• Izabela Lubomirskab. 1736PLPolish princess and art collector (1736-1816)
• Izabela Czartoryskab. 1746PLPolish princess (1746–1835)
• Isabel Maria of Portugalb. 1801PTnot in their usual namePortuguese princess (1801–1876)
• Bella Akhatovna Akhmadulinab. 1937RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (1937–2010)
• Izabela Trojanowskab. 1955PLPolish singer and film actress
• Izabella Scorupcob. 1970PLnot in their usual namePolish-Swedish model, actress and singer
• Izabela Kunab. 1970PLPolish actress
• Izabella Mikob. 1981PLnot in their usual namePolish actress and dancer
• Izabela Vidovicb. 2001USAmerican actress

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 · 482 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Izabela?

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

In which country does Izabela have the most bearers?

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

Where is Izabela most common?

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

How common is Izabela compared with other names?

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

Is Izabela a male or female name?

Izabela 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 Izabela mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name from Spanish [in turn from Old Occitan, in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Isabel