Isabelle

Isabel is a Romance-language feminine given name.It originates as the medieval Occitan form ofElisabeth (ultimately Hebrew Elisheba), Arising in the 12th century, it became popular in England in the 13th century following the marriage of Isabella of Angoulême to the king of England. The modern French form isIsabelle, the Italian form is Isabella.

This set of names is a southwestern European variant of the Hebrew name Elisheba, also represented in English and other western languages as Elisabeth. It first appeared in medieval Provençal as Elisabel. Guido Gómez de Silva states that these names are derived from the Latin and Greek renderings of the Hebrew name based on both etymological and contextual evidence (the use of Isabel as a translation of the name of the mother of John the Baptist).

The variant form originated through the loss of the first syllable and the replacement of final /t/ with /l/ (as /t/ does not appear word-finally in standard Spanish). Both forms of the name exist concurrently in Italian (Isabella and Elisabetta)and French (Isabelle and Élisabeth). Both names have been borrowed into multiple other languages, giving rise to various local forms.

In 2013, Isabella was the tenth most popular name for girls in Australia.

• Isabel Aboy, Spanish actress
• Isabel Allende, Chilean author and niece of Salvador Allende
• Isabel Bayrakdarian, Canadian-Armenian lyric soprano
• Isabel Carrasco, Spanish politician
• Isabel Casimiro, Mozambican sociologist
• Isabel de Castro, Portuguese actress
• Isabel del Puerto, Mexican-American actress
• Isabel Escobar, Brazilian-American environmental engineer
• Isabel Fillardis, Brazilian actress
• Isabel Godin des Odonais, traveler in the Amazon Basin
• Isabel Granada, (1976–2017) Filipino actress
• Isabel Ge Mahe (born 1973/1974), Chinese businesswoman
• Isabel Gemio, Spanish television presenter
• Isabel Getty, American singer-songwriter
• Isabel Leonard, American opera singer
• Isabel Macedo, Argentine actress
• Isabel Martínez de Perón, President of Argentina (1974–1976) and third wife of Juan Perón
• Isabel Nkavadeka, Mozambican politician
• Isabel Nolan, Irish artist
• Isabel Oli, Filipino actress
• Isabel Ordaz, Spanish actress
• Isabel Pantoja, Spanish singer
• Isabel Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter
• Isabel Ruth, Portuguese actress
• Isabel Sanford, American actress
• Isabel Toledo (1961–2019), Cuban-American fashion designer

Individuals named Isabelle

• Isabella of France (disambiguation), a disambiguation page
• Isabelle of Luxembourg (1247–1298), a daughter of Henry V of Luxembourg and his wife Margaret of Bar
• Isabelle of Orléans (disambiguation), a disambiguation page
• Princess Isabelle (disambiguation), a disambiguation page
• Isabelle Abiera (born 1992), a Filipina actress and model
• Isabelle Adjani (born 1955), a French film actress and singer
• Isabelle Antena, a French singer
• Isabelle Arnould (born 1970), a retired Belgian female freestyle swimmer
• Isabelle Aubret (born 1938), a French singer
• Isabelle Autissier (born 1956), a French sailor, navigator, writer and broadcaster
• Isabelle Amyes (born 1950), an English actress
• Isabelle Blais, a Canadian actress and musician
• Isabelle Blanc (born 1975), a French snowboarder and Olympic champion
• Isabelle Boulay (born 1972), a francophone Canadian pop singer
• Isabelle Boulogne (born 1971), a French sprint canoer
• Isabelle Brasseur (born 1970), a Canadian figure skater
• Isabelle Breitman (born 1959), a French actress and director
• Isabelle von Bueltzingsloewen (born 1964), a French academic and historian
• Isabelle Carbonell, a Belgio-Uruguayan documentary photographer and filmmaker
• Isabelle Caro, a French model suffering from severe anorexia nervosa
• Isabelle Carré (born 1971), a French actress
• Isabelle Champmoreau (born 1974), a New Caledonian politician
• Isabelle Charest (born 1971), a Canadian short track speed skater
• Isabelle Chartrand (born 1978), a Canadian ice hockey player
• Isabelle Cheng (born 1970), an intelligence agent
• Isabelle Collin Dufresne (aka Ultra Violet, born 1935), a French-American artist
• Isabelle Corey (born 1939), a French film actress
• Isabelle Coutant-Peyre (born 1952), a French lawyer
• Isabelle Daniels (born 1937), an American athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres
• Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805), a Dutch-born writer of the Enlightenment
• Isabelle de Craon (1212-), a French noblewoman
• Isabelle Debré (born 1957), a member of the Senate of France
• Isabelle Delobel (born 1978), a French figure skater
• Isabelle Delorme (1900–1991), a Canadian composer, pianist and music educator
• Isabelle de Meulan (born c.1148-1220), a French noblewoman
• Isabelle Demongeot (born 1966), a former French professional tennis player
• Isabelle de Montolieu (1751–1832), a Swiss novelist and translator
• Isabelle Despres, a French slalom canoer
• Isabelle Devaluez (born 1966), a retired French discus thrower
• Isabelle Diks (born 1965), a Dutch GreenLeft politician
• Isabelle Dinoire (born 1967), the first person to undergo a partial face transplant
• Isabelle Duchesnay (born 1963), an ice dancer who competed for both Canada and France
• Isabelle Durant (born 1954), a Belgian politician, member of the Ecolo party
• Isabelle Eberhardt (1877–1904), a Swiss -Algerian explorer and writer
• Isabelle Ferron (born 1967), an actress in both film and stage
• Isabelle Fijalkowski (born 1972), a retired French basketball player
• Isabelle Flory, a French violinist
• Isabelle Fuhrman (born 1997), an American teen actress
• Isabelle Gatti de Gamond (1839–1905), an Italo-Belgian educationalist, feminist and politician
• Isabelle Goldenson (-2005)
• Isabelle Holland (1920–2002), an author of children and adult fiction books
• Isabelle Huppert (born 1953), a French actress
• Isabelle Keith (1898–1979), an American actress
• Isabelle LaMal (1886–1952), an American film actress
• Isabelle Lendl (born 1991), an American amateur golfer
• Isabelle Liberman (1918–1990), an American psychologist
• Isabelle Lucas (1927–1997), a Canadian-born British actress and singer
• Isabelle Mancini (born 1967), a French cross country skier
• Isabelle Mercier (born 1975), a Canadian professional poker player
• Isabelle Mir (born 1949), a French former Alpine skier
• Isabelle Morneau (born 1976), a defender on the Canada women's national soccer team
• Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys (born 1966), a French athlete
• Isabelle Nanty (born 1962), a French actress and film director
• Isabelle Nylander (born 1990), a Swedish figure skater
• Isabelle Pasco (born 1966), a French actress and model
• Isabelle Pasquet (born 1962), a member of the Senate of France
• Isabelle Pearson (born 1981), a Canadian judoka
• Isabelle Peretz, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Montreal
• Isabelle Pieman (born 1983), a Belgian figure skater
• Isabelle Poulenard (born 1961), a French soprano
• Isabelle Rampling (born 1985), a Canadian synchronized swimmer
• Isabelle Redford, an American artist, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Isabelle Romée (1377–1458), the mother of Joan of Arc
• Isabelle Sadoyan (born 1928), a French actress
• Isabelle Sandy (1884–1975), a French poet and writer
• Isabelle Severino (born 1980), a French gymnast and actress
• Isabelle Simonis (born 1967), a Belgian politician from the Socialist Party
• Isabelle Stengers (born 1949), a Belgian philosopher and the daughter of the historian Jean Stengers
• Isabelle Stoehr (born 1979), a French professional squash player
• Isabelle Stommen [nl] (born1970), Belgian politician
• Isabelle Stone, (1868-1944), an American physicist
• Isabelle Story (1887–1970), American writer and editor
• Isabelle Turcotte Baird (born 1970), a Canadian athlete
• Isabelle Urquhart (1865–1907), an American stage actress
• Isabelle Vasseur (born 1959), a member of the National Assembly of France
• Isabelle Vengerova (1877–1956), a Russian-born American pianist and music teacher
• Isabelle Wendling (born 1971), a French handball player
• Isabelle Wéry, a Belgian actress and writer
• Isabelle Westbury (born 1990), an English cricketer
• Isabelle White (1894–1972), a British diver
• Isabelle Yacoubou (born 1986), is a French of Bénin origin professional basketball player

Fictional characters

• Isabelle Andersson, fictional character in the Sune book series, Sune's younger sister
• Isabelle Kruger, a fictional character played by Marion Cotillard in the 2005 film The Black Box
• Isabelle (comics), a Belgian comic book series
• Isabelle of Cornwall, the mother of Tristan in Arthurian legend
• Isabelle Tyler, a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400
• Isabelle (Animal Crossing), an anthropomorphic dog character who was introduced as the mayor's assistant in the Nintendo 3DS game title Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
• Isabelle Lightwood (The mortal instruments) A very talented and beautiful shadowhunter.

Works of fiction

• Isabelle (novella), by André Gide
• Isabelle (sculpture), by Julian Voss-Andreae

As a surname

• Ana Isabelle, a Puerto Rican singer
• Katharine Isabelle a.k.a. Katherine Isobel Murray (born 1981), a Canadian actress

• Isabel Island, one of the Visayan Islands
• Mount Ishbel, Alberta, Canada
• Ishbel Group, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
• Sanibel Island, Florida, United States (derived from Spanish San Ybel<<Spanish Santa Isybella, variant of English "Saint Isabel")

• Hurricane Isabel

• Isabelle (proof assistant), a mathematical theorem prover (proof assistant)