Isabella

Isabella: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“God is my oath”
Origin
Italian
Say it
iz-uh-BEL-uh · 4 syllables
Used for
Girls

A Romance form of Elizabeth, likely through medieval Isabel with the expanded -bella ending. Widely used across Europe.

How popular is Isabella?

20243,238 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 Isabella in 202410,777

2024 rank#7 girls

Peak year2010

Total US babies since 1880406,648

Isabella is fading: recent use is about 64% of its level ten years before.

Names like Isabella

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Isabella questions

What does the name Isabella mean?

Isabella means "God is my oath". It comes from Italian. A Romance form of Elizabeth, likely through medieval Isabel with the expanded -bella ending. Widely used across Europe.

Is Isabella a boy or girl name?

Isabella is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Isabella?

10,777 US babies were named Isabella in 2024. Its peak year was 2010.

How do you pronounce Isabella?

Isabella is usually pronounced iz-uh-BEL-uh.

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.