Isabel

Meaning

  1. (feminine) a female given name, equivalent to English Elizabeth
  2. (feminine) a female given name, equivalent to English Elizabeth
  3. (feminine) Elizabeth (biblical character)

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
I‧sa‧bel
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/isaˈbel/
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 an article.

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