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Isabel

Isabel: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“God is my oath”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
IZ-uh-bel · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Medieval Spanish and Portuguese form of Elizabeth, from Hebrew Elisheva. Also long used in English.

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How popular is Isabel?

2024547 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Isabel in 20241,820

2024 rank#167 girls

Peak year2003

Total US babies since 1880132,214

Isabel has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Isabel

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Isabel questions

What does the name Isabel mean?

Isabel means "God is my oath". It comes from Hebrew. Medieval Spanish and Portuguese form of Elizabeth, from Hebrew Elisheva. Also long used in English.

Is Isabel a boy or girl name?

Isabel is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Isabel?

1,820 US babies were named Isabel in 2024. Its peak year was 2003.

How do you pronounce Isabel?

Isabel is usually pronounced IZ-uh-bel.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.