Isabel

See also: isabel

English

Etymology

From Spanish Isabel, from Old Occitan Elisabel, from Latin Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”). Doublet of Elizabeth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪzəbɛl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Isabel

1. A female given name from Hebrew.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
     : Act V, Scene I:

     Mariana. O my good lord! Sweet Isabel, take my part:

     Lend me your knees, and all my life to come,

     I'll lend you all my life to do you service.

   • 1852 August, D. H. Jacques, “A Chapter on Names”, in The Knickerbocker, or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XL, page 119:

     There is a silvery bell-like music in the name, which is exceedingly attractive, and which has made it a favorite with the poets. - - - Mary Howitt, in her Flower comparisons, has the following melodious lines:
     Now for mad-cap Isabel: / What shall suit her, pr'y thee tell? / Isabel is brown and wild; /Will be evermore a child;

   • 1994 Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell), No Night Is Too Long, →ISBN, page 110:

     I'm glad you spell your name like that. It's the best of all the ways to spell Isabel.

   • 2002, Cynthia Heimel, If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 177:

     How many poor girls, who would have been wild and raging and beautiful and free sex goddesses if only their parents had found it in their hearts to name them Isabel, instead had to stuff their poor psyches into the name Heather?

2. (rare) A surname originating as a matronymic.
3. A place name:
   1. A municipality in Leyte province, Philippines.
   2. A province on the island of Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands.
   3. A place in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Embarrass Township, Edgar County, Illinois.
      2. A minor city in Barber County, Kansas.
      3. An unincorporated community in Benson County, North Dakota.
      4. A town in Dewey County, South Dakota.

Usage notes

• Isabel and Elizabeth were interchangeable in English records up to the 16th century.

Derived terms

• Santa Isabel
• Santa Isabel Ishuatán

 

Related terms

• (given names) Isabell, Isabella, Isabelle, Ishbel, Isobel, Ysabel
• (pet forms) Bel, Bell, Bella, Belle, Isa, Izzie, Izzy, Tibbie, Tibby

surnames

• Bibbey
• Bibbs
• Bibby
• Bible
• Ebbetts
• Hibberson
• Hibbett
• Hibbit
• Hibbitt
• Hibble
• Hibbott
• Hibbs
• Hible
• Hipperson
• Ibberson
• Ibbeson
• Ibbetson
• Ibbett
• Ibbison
• Ibbitson
• Ibbitt
• Ibbotson
• Ibbott
• Ibbs
• Ibell
• Ibeson
• Ibison
• Ibitson
• Ibotson
• Ibson
• Isabell
• Isbell
• Isbill
• Libby
• Tibb
• Tibbatts
• Tibbets
• Tibbett
• Tibbey
• Tibbits
• Tibbitts
• Tibbott
• Tibbotts
• Tibbs
• Tibby

Translations

female given name

• Armenian: Զապել (Zapel), Զաբել (Zabel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊莎貝爾／伊莎贝尔 (Yīshābèi'ěr)

• Czech: Izabela (cs) f
• Danish: Isabella c
• Finnish: Isabella (fi)
• French: Isabelle (fr) f
• German: Isabell f, Isabelle (de) f, Isabella (de) f
• Hebrew: אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elisheba)
• Hungarian: Izabella (hu)
• Icelandic: Ísabel (is) f, Ísabella (is) f
• Irish: Isibéal f
• Italian: Isabella (it) f
• Korean: 이사벨 (Isabel)
• Latvian: Izabella
• Maori: Ihipera
• Marathi: इसाबेल f (isābel)
• Norwegian: Isabella
• Polish: Izabela (pl) f, Izabella (pl) f
• Portuguese: Isabel (pt) f
• Russian: Изабе́лла (ru) f (Izabɛ́lla)
• Scottish Gaelic: Iseabail
• Sicilian: Sabeḍḍa
• Spanish: Isabel (es) f
• Swedish: Isabella (sv) c
• Vietnamese: Isave

Anagrams

• balise, Blaise, Leibas, bailes, abseil, lebais, Bailes, besail

Catalan

Proper noun

Isabel f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Elizabeth

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Isabel.

Proper noun

Isabel

1. a female given name from Spanish
2. (biblical) the mother of John the Baptist
3. (biblical) Elisheba, the wife of Aaron
4. A municipality of Leyte
5. An island in Romblon

Danish

Etymology

From Spanish Isabel.

Proper noun

Isabel

1. a female given name from Spanish. Variant of Isabella

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Isabel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌi.zaːˈbɛl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Isa‧bel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Proper noun

Isabel f

1. Alternative form of Isabella

German

Etymology

From Spanish Isabel, Portuguese Isabel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [izaˈbɛl]

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: I‧sa‧bel

Proper noun

Isabel

1. a female given name from Spanish, variant of Isabella or Isabelle

Norwegian

Etymology

From Spanish Isabel.

Proper noun

Isabel

1. a female given name from Spanish. Variant of Isabella

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Izabel
• Isabell (uncommon)
• Izabell (rare)
• Isabela, Isabella, Izabela, Izabella
• Isabelle
• Isabele
• Izabelle (uncommon)
• Izabele (rare)

Etymology

From Old Occitan Elisabel, from Latin Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”). The initial El- was lost probably because it was mistaken for an article.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.zaˈbɛw/ [i.zaˈbɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zɐˈbɛl/ [i.zɐˈβɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zɐˈbɛl/ [i.zɐˈβɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zɐˈbɛ.li/ [i.zɐˈβɛ.li]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: I‧sa‧bel

Proper noun

Isabel f (plural Isabéis)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Isabel, Isabelle or Elizabeth

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Isabel.

Related terms

• Elizabeth, Elisabete
• Elisa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan Elisabel, from Latin Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”). The initial El- was lost probably because it was mistaken for el, an article.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isaˈbel/ [i.saˈβ̞el]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: I‧sa‧bel

Proper noun

Isabel f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Elizabeth
   1. Elizabeth II (1926–2022), Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (r. 1952–2022)
      • 1989 May 6th, Juan Carlos R. (Jefatura del Estado), “Real Decreto 441/1989, de 5 de mayo, por el que se concede el Collar de la Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro a su Majestad la Reina Isabel II del Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte.”, in Boletín Oficial del Estado, volume 108, number 10,245, page 13,403, column 1:

        Queriendo dar un relevante testimonio de Mi Real aprecio a Su Majestad la Reina Isabel II del Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte, y en muestra de la tradicional amistad entre el Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte y España;
        Oído el Consejo de Ministros,
        Vengo en concederle el Collar de la Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro.

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Elizabeth (biblical character)

Derived terms

• tanto monta, monta tanto, Isabel como Fernando

 

Descendants

• → English: Isabel
• → Cebuano: Isabel
• → Danish: Isabel
• → Italian: Isabella
• → German: Isabel
• → Irish: Isibéal
• → French: Isabelle
  • → English: Isabelle
  • → German: Isabelle
  • → Swedish: Isabelle
• → Dutch: Isabel
• → Norwegian: Isabel
• → Polish: Izabela
• → Portuguese: Isabel
• → Swedish: Isabel
• → Tagalog: Isabel

Swedish

Etymology

From Spanish Isabel.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Isabel c (genitive Isabels)

1. a female given name from Spanish. Variant of Isabella

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Isabel.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔisaˈbel/ [ʔɪ.sɐˈbɛl]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: I‧sa‧bel

Proper noun

Isabél (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜊᜒᜎ᜔)

1. a female given name from Spanish