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{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = Isabel
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| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|z|ə|b|ɛ|l}}<ref>[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/pronunciation?lang=eng churchofjesuschrist.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide"] (retrieved 2012-02-25), [[Wikipedia:IPA for English|IPA]]-ified from «ĭz´a-bĕl»</ref><br />{{IPA|pt-BR|izaˈbɛw|lang}}
| gender = Female 
| region = Europe
| origin = Spanish, ultimately from Hebrew 
| related names = [[Elisheba]] (Hebrew),
Elisabel (Medieval Latin), Isabel (Spanish and Portuguese), [[Isabella (given name)|Isabella]] (Italian), Isabelle (French, Dutch, German), Izabela, Isobel, Ishbel (Scots), Iseabail (Scottish Gaelic), Izabela (Polish), Ysabeau, [[Elizabeth (given name)|Elizabeth]] (English) [[Ysabelle]], (French)
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}}
'''Isabel''' is a female name of Iberian origin. '''Isabelle''' is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of ''[[Elizabeth (given name)|Elisabeth]]'' (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. Today it is sometimes abbreviated to '''Isa'''.

==Etymology==
This set of names is a Spanish variant of the [[Hebrew]] name [[Elisheba]] through Latin and Greek represented in English and other European languages as [[Elizabeth (given name)|Elisabeth]].<ref name="Dauzat">[[Albert Dauzat]], ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par [[Marie-Thérèse Morlet]], p. 337a.</ref><ref name="Tanet">Chantal Tanet et Tristan Hordé, ''Dictionnaire des prénoms'', Larousse, Paris, 2009, p. 38{{ISBN|978-2-03-583728-8}}</ref> 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 [[Elizabeth (Biblical person)|the mother of John the Baptist]]).<ref>Guido Gómez de Silva, ''Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española'', Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1985.</ref> The variant form originated through the loss of the first syllable through [[rebracketing]] and the replacement of final {{IPA|/t/}} with {{IPA|/l/}} (as {{IPA|/t/}} does not appear word-finally in standard Spanish).<ref>Hanks, Patrick und Flavia Hodges. ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names''. Oxford University Press, 1996, p.166.</ref> Elisabeth was understood in Spain as a name with the masculine [[definite article]] ''el'' "the", that is to say ''*El Isabeth'', from it, the short form ''*Isabeth'' where the final ''-el'' was substituted to ''-eth'', both for aesthetical reasons or feminization,<ref name="Dauzat"/> or the entire syllable ''-bel'' was substituted to ''-beth'', by analogy with ''bella'' "pretty, beautiful".

==Notable individuals==
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*[[Isabella I of Castile|Isabel I]] (1451–1504), Queen of Castile and Léon (1474–1504), Queen consort of Aragon (1479–1504)
* [[Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil|Isabel]], Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846–1921)
*[[Isabel Aboy]], Spanish actress
* [[Isabel Allende]], Chilean author and niece of [[Salvador Allende]]
* [[Isabel Barrows]], American stenographer
* [[Isabel Bayrakdarian]], Canadian-Armenian lyric soprano
* [[Isabel of Beaumont]], English noblewoman
* [[Princess Isabel Alfonsa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies|Isabel Alfonsa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]], Infanta of Spain and Countess Zamoyska
* [[Isabel Graham Bryce]], British public servant
* [[Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex|Isabel of Cambridge]], English noblewoman and Countess of Essex
* [[Isabel Carrasco]], Spanish politician
* [[Isabel Casimiro]], Mozambican sociologist
* [[Isabel Cleghorn]], British educationist and suffragist
* [[Isabel of Coimbra]], Portuguese infanta and Queen of Portugal
* [[Isabel Cowe]], Scottish suffragist
* [[Isabel Maria de Alcântara, Duchess of Goiás|Isabel Maria de Alcântara]], Brazilian noblewoman and Duchess of Goiás
* [[Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke|Isabel de Clare]],  Anglo-Norman noblewoman and 4th Countess of Pembroke 
* [[Isabel de Castro]], Portuguese actress 
* [[Isabel de Forz, 8th Countess of Devon|Isabel de Forz]], English noblewoman and 8th Countess of Devon 
* [[Isabel de Herédia]], Portuguese businesswoman and Duchess of Braganza 
* [[Isabel de Santa Rita Vás]], Indian author, playwright, theatre director and teacher 
* [[Isabel Pinto de Vidal]], Uruguayan feminist lawyer and politician 
* [[Isabel de Villena]], Aragonese writer of religious treaties 
* [[Isabel de Warenne]], English noblewoman and Countess of Arundel
* [[Isabel de Warenne, Countess of Surrey|Isabel de Warenne]], English noblewoman and Countess of Surrey
* [[Isabel de Madariaga]], British historian
* [[Isabel del Puerto]], Mexican-American actress 
* [[Isabel Derungs]], Swiss snowboarder 
* [[Bartira|Isabel Dias]] also known as Bartira among other names, Brazilian and Amerindian figure
* [[Isabel dos Santos]], Angolan businesswoman 
*[[Isabel Elizabeth Francis]] (1991–2022), Singaporean murder victim
* [[Isabel Escobar]], Brazilian-American environmental engineer
* [[Isabel Fillardis]], Brazilian actress
* [[Isabel Godin des Odonais]], traveler in the Amazon Basin
* [[Isabel Granada]], Filipino actress
* [[Isabel Ge Mahe]], Chinese businesswoman
* [[Isabel Gemio]], Spanish television presenter 
* [[Isabel Getty]], American singer-songwriter
* [[Isabel Hardman]], British journalist
* [[Isabel Hardwich]], British electrical engineer
* [[Isabel Hodgson]], Australian soccer player
* [[Isabel Ingoldisthorpe]] (1441–1476), English noblewoman
* [[Isabel Jesus]] (born 1970), Portuguese rower
* [[Isabel Jean Jones]], English-born South African consumer journalist
* [[Isabel Lamberti]], Dutch film director
* [[Isabel Stevens Lathrop]], American singer
* [[Isabel Güell i López]], Spanish composer, pianist, organist
* [[Isabel Leonard]], American opera singer
* [[Isabel Wiseler-Santos Lima]], Portuguese-born Luxembourgish politician 
* [[Isabel Mendes Lopes]] (born 1982), Portuguese politician
* [[Isabel Lucas]], Australian actress and model
* [[Isabel Macedo]], Argentine actress
* [[Isabel Marant]], French fashion designer
* [[Isabel May]], American actress
* [[Isabel McCorkindale]], Australian temperance activist
* [[Isabel Briggs Myers]], American writer who co-created the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test
* [[Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence|Isabel Neville]], English noblewoman and Duchess of Clarence
* [[Isabel Newstead]] (1955–2007), British paralympic athlete
* [[Isabel Nicholas]], British painter and costume designer
* [[Isabel Nkavadeka]], Mozambican politician
* [[Isabel Nolan]], Irish artist 
* [[Isabel Oli]], Filipino actress
* [[Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer]] (1901–1974), Puerto Rican brothel owner
* [[Isabel Ordaz]], Spanish actress 
* [[Isabel Pantoja]], Spanish singer
* [[Isabel Parra]], Chilean singer-songwriter
* [[Isabel Weld Perkins]], American heiress, author, and society hostess
* [[Isabel Perón]], [[President of Argentina]] (1974&ndash;1976) and third wife of [[Juan Perón]]
* [[Isabel Pires]] (born 1990), Portuguese politician
* [[Isabel of Portugal, Lady of Viseu|Isabel of Portugal]], Lady of Viseu and natural daughter of King [[Ferdinand I of Portugal]]
* [[Isabelle Rauch]] (born 1968), French politician
* [[Isabel Abraham Ross]] (1885–1964), British teacher, suffragist, pacifist and biographer
* [[Isabel Ruth]], Portuguese actress
* [[Isabel Sanford]], American actress
* [[Isabel Seymour]], British suffragette and politician
* [[Isabel Giberne Sieveking]] (1857–1936), British suffragette, historian and writer
* [[Isabel Toledo]] (1961–2019), Cuban-American fashion designer
* [[Isabel Waidner]], German-British writer and cultural theorist 
* [[Isabel Wilkerson]], American journalist
* [[Isabel Bras Williamson]] (<abbr>fl.</abbr> 1430 – 1493), Scottish merchant
* [[Isabel Wolff]], British novelist}} 

===Individuals named Isabelle===
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* [[Isabelle of Luxembourg]] (1247–1298), a daughter of Henry V of Luxembourg and his wife Margaret of Bar
* [[Isabelle of Orléans (disambiguation)]]
* [[Princess Isabelle (disambiguation)]]
* [[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 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 Buret]], a French telecommunications and space science engineer
* [[Isabelle Le Callennec]] (born 1966), French politician
* [[Isabel Calvimontes]] (1790–1855), a Bolivian-born Argentine patriot; one of the Patricias Argentinas
* [[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, 1935–2014), a French-American artist
* [[Isabelle Corey]] (1939–2011), a French film actress
* [[Isabelle Coutant-Peyre]] (born 1952), a French lawyer
* [[Isabelle Daniels]] (1937–2017), 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]] (c.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]] (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 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 French basketball player
* [[Isabelle Flory]], a French violinist
* [[Isabelle Jane Foulkes]] (1970–2001), Anglo-Welsh artist, textile designer and disability campaigner
* [[Isabelle Fuhrman]] (born 1997), an American teen actress
* [[Isabelle Gatti de Gamond]] (1839–1905), an Italo-Belgian educationalist, feminist and politician
* [[Isabelle Goldenson]] (1920–2005), American lobbyist and philanthropist
* [[Isabelle Guyon]] (born 1961), French-born researcher in machine learning
* [[Isabelle Haak]] (born 1999), Swedish volleyball player
* [[Isabelle Bowen Henderson]] (1899–1969), American painter and floriculturist
* [[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 Kridluar]] (1954–2018), Inuk artist who lived by Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada
* [[Isabelle LaMal]] (1886–1952), an American film actress
* [[Michel Fourniret#Murders|Isabelle Laville]] (died 1987), French murder victim
* [[Isabelle Lendl]] (born 1991), an American amateur golfer
* [[Isabelle Li]], Singaporean table tennis player
* [[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
* [[Lady Isabel Manners]] (1918–2008), British socialite
* [[Isabelle Mercier]] (born 1975), a Canadian professional poker player
* [[Isabelle E. Merry]] (1907–2000), Australian Congregational minister and chaplain
* [[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), member of the Senate of France
* [[Isabelle Pearson]] (born 1981), Canadian judoka
* [[Isabelle Peretz]], a Professor of Psychology at the University of Montreal
* [[Isabelle Périgault]] (born 1971), French politician
* [[Isabelle Pieman]] (born 1983), Belgian figure skater
* [[Isabelle Pinson]] (1769–1855), French genre painter and portraitist
* [[Isabelle Rampling]] (born 1985), Canadian synchronized swimmer
* [[Isabelle Rezazadeh]], also known as Rezz, a Canadian DJ and record producer
* [[Isabelle Romée]] (1377–1458), the mother of Joan of Arc
* [[Isabelle Sadoyan]] (1928–2017), French actress
* [[Isabelle Sandy]] (1884–1975), French poet and writer
* [[Isabelle Schad]] (born 1970), German dancer and choreographer
* [[Isabelle Severino]] (born 1980), French gymnast and actress
* [[Isabelle Simonis]] (born 1967), Belgian politician from the Socialist Party
* [[Isabelle Stengers]] (born 1949), Belgian philosopher and the daughter of the historian Jean Stengers
* [[Isabelle Stoehr]] (born 1979), French professional squash player
* [[Isabelle Stone]] (1868–1944), American physicist
* [[Isabelle Story]] (1887–1970), American writer and editor
* [[Isabelle Thompson]] (1891–1946), Hawaiian-American teacher and politician
* [[Isabelle Turcotte Baird]] (born 1970), Canadian athlete
* [[Isabelle Urquhart]] (1865–1907), American stage actress
* [[Isabelle Vasseur]] (born 1959), member of the National Assembly of France
* [[Isabelle Valentin]] (born 1962), French politician
* [[Isabelle Vandre]] (born 1989), German politician
* [[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
* [[Izzy Westbury|Isabelle Westbury]] (born 1990), an English cricketer
* [[Isabelle White]] (1894–1972), a British diver
* [[Isabelle Yacoubou]] (born 1986), French, of Bénin origin, professional basketball player}}

===Fictional characters===
* Isabelle Andersson, fictional character in the [[Sune (book series)|''Sune'' book series]], Sune's younger sister
* Isabel Hoffman, [[American Girl]] character
* Isabelle Kruger, a fictional character played by [[Marion Cotillard]] in the 2005 film ''[[La Boîte noire|The Black Box]]''
* [[Isabelle (comics)]], a Belgian comic book series
* Isabelle of Cornwall, the mother of [[Tristan]] in Arthurian legend
* Isabel Fernandez, fictional character in the book ''[[Refugee (Gratz novel)|Refugee]]''
* [[Isabelle Lightwood]], fictional character in ''[[The Mortal Instruments]]'' series and ''[[Shadowhunters]]'' TV series based on the novel
* Isabelle Palmer, [[American Girl]] character
* [[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]]''

==See also==
* {{look from|Isabel}}
* {{look from|Isabelle}}
* [[Isabel (disambiguation)]]
* [[Isabela (disambiguation)]]
* [[Isabella (disambiguation)]]
* [[Isa (name)]]

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