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Isabelle

Say it IZ-uh-bel

French origin my God is an oath 3 syllables

Sister names Middle names Deal sisters

Where Isabelle is loved, common and rare

Common across Ireland, England and Wales, Ontario and six more places. Rare in Sweden, Northern Ireland, four German cities and nine more places.

1 in 175 girls born in Ireland in 2025

Every place

In 24 of the 40 official lists, among them Ireland (34th), England and Wales (54th) and Ontario (55th).

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PlaceRankGirlsShare
Ireland34th 20251211 in 175
Victoria state39th 2025141rank only
Queensland state48th 202596rank only
England and Wales54th 20258141 in 311
Ontario province55th 2024155about 1 in 351
British Columbia province56th 202342about 1 in 285
South Australia state57th 202528rank only
New South Wales state58th 2025114rank only
New Zealand58th 202560rank only
Sweden113th 202586about 1 in 467
Northern Ireland146th 2025131 in 560
Cologne city183rd 20236about 1 in 1,024
The Netherlands195th 202576about 1 in 803
Scotland226th 2025161 in 1,118
Italy240th 2024771 in 2,327
Berlin city277th 202311about 1 in 1,319
Norway287th 2025131 in 1,677
Quebec province346th 202515about 1 in 1,734
Austria346th 2025151 in 2,381
Switzerland409th 2025171 in 2,000
Poland583rd 202531 in 39,929
France632nd 2025651 in 4,412
Leipzig city212th 20252about 1 in 1,312
Bonn city382nd 20251about 1 in 3,015

Rare, below the listed names: Munich, Rostock, Spain, Catalonia, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.

Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).

Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.

Sources: Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); Queensland Registry of BDM (Qld Open Data Portal) (Queensland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); SA Attorney-General's Department, Births, Deaths and Marriages (data.sa.gov.au) (South Australia); NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), SmartStart (New Zealand); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source

About the name

The French form of Isabel, Isabelle goes back to Old Spanish Isabel in the 12th century and ultimately to Hebrew Elishéva, 'my God is an oath'.

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It has three syllables, IZ-uh-bel. Belle, Izzy and Issy are its natural short forms, and Isabel, Isabella, Elizabeth and Elisabeth belong to the same family.

Isabelle ranks well in Ireland, Victoria and Queensland, and is less common in Sweden, the Netherlands and Italy. The French records place its peak in 1965, and the median bearer there was born around the same time, so it is known in France as a name of that generation. Today it is falling in more places than it is rising.

Meaning, origin, pronunciation

Pronounced
IZ-uh-bel, 3 syllables
Meaning
my God is an oath
Origin
French
Other spellings
  • Elizabeth
  • Belle
  • Isabel
  • Elisabeth
  • Isabella
  • Liza
  • Elzbieta
  • Lisa
  • Elisabet
  • Tina
  • Izabela
  • Elizabeta
  • Liz
  • Isabela
  • Elizabet
  • Ilse
  • Issy
  • Izzy
  • Lisabelle
  • Elisabetta
  • Liisa
  • Erzsébet
  • Izabel
  • Elizabeto
  • Elesbed
  • Alžběta
  • Ealisaid
  • Eske
Etymology

From Old Spanish Isabel in the 12th century, ultimately from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”).

From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.

Over time

Over five years: rising in 2 of 23 regions, falling in 7.

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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.

Ireland 204th 1996 to 34th 2025
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England and Wales 102nd 1996 to 54th 2025
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Ontario 159th 1996 to 55th 2024
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British Columbia 159th 1996 to 56th 2023
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Sweden 52nd 1998 to 113th 2025
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Northern Ireland 248th 2003 to 146th 2025
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Ten years of ranks

Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.

Region2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
England and Wales21243028343341465254
Scotland216264255199203205232304207226
Northern Ireland123164151144149181152193227146
Ireland28262633393927323534
Ontario413948525161576555
British Columbia4131426455546356
Nova Scotia15
New South Wales34293641384351445758
Victoria34322732323349614539
Queensland32333540404247455848
South Australia33294049525057525357
New Zealand46312853474041546558
Quebec218172274330378186223339246346
France694688692675633603614688669632
The Netherlands117129177183202203189178195
Austria256346274311272425386351348346
Switzerland199238184228229302319272242409
Berlin128141231144320275219277
Munich180121120142227194
Cologne11611893120432266183183
Bonn1748311413135711018196362382
Leipzig253257263186265215178212
Rostock28386199126197187
Norway138158181326277247246240260287
Sweden3738365768807711498113
Italy297259253285290248239260240
Poland377400603601531570495523583

England and Wales, 1996 to 2025

YearRankGirlsper 100,000 girls
202554814321.4
202452841326.0
202346984383.5
2022411,089413.3
2021331,304475.8
2020341,317490.7
2019281,598570.6
2018301,701590.1
2017241,876627.2
2016212,066672.6
2015192,119688.1
2014182,241730.8
2013192,287741.4
2012172,594805.4
2011172,719846.2
2010172,689837.6
2009172,546812.4
2008172,460779.1
2007212,161705.9
2006291,945650.0
2005301,800624.4
2004301,665582.5
2003411,214435.6
2002471,073401.3
200157903336.9
200064796291.4
199989601213.4
199887596206.1
1997100509173.6
1996102469158.4

Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.

France since 1925

Half of the babies named Isabelle in France since 1925 were born in or after 1967. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 1965, at 5,499.0 per 100,000 girls.

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Babies named Isabelle per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 1965 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.

Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Sister names for Isabelle

  1. 1 in 911 in Northern Ireland

  2. 1 in 86 in Ireland

  3. 1 in 1,921 in Ireland

  4. 1 in 132 in England and Wales

  5. 1 in 632 in England and Wales

  6. 1 in 405 in Northern Ireland

  7. 1 in 1,278 in Scotland

  8. 1 in 1,408 in Ireland

  9. 1 in 142 in Scotland

  10. 1 in 214 in Northern Ireland

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Middle names for Isabelle

  1. 1 in 71 in Scotland

  2. 1 in 107 in Northern Ireland

  3. 1 in 86 in Ireland

  4. 1 in 57 in Northern Ireland

  5. 1 in 95 in Northern Ireland

  6. 1 in 154 in Ireland

  7. 1 in 197 in Ireland

  8. 1 in 88 in Scotland

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Same style as Isabelle

Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.

  1. 1 in 86 in Ireland

  2. 1 in 197 in Ireland

  3. 1 in 107 in Northern Ireland

  4. 1 in 132 in England and Wales

  5. 1 in 142 in Scotland

  6. 1 in 405 in Northern Ireland

  7. 1 in 1,415 in England and Wales

  8. 1 in 214 in Northern Ireland

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Famous people named Isabelle

Isabelle de Charrière, Isabelle Adjani, Isabelle Huppert, Isabelle Aubret, Isabelle Fuhrman, Isabelle Eberhardt, Isabelle Carré and Isabelle Caro.

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People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.

Questions about Isabelle

5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.

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How popular is Isabelle?

Her best rank is No. 34 in Ireland in 2025, about 1 in 175 girls. She is in the published lists of 24 of our 40 regions.

What does Isabelle mean?

Wiktionary glosses Isabelle as "my God is an oath".

How do you pronounce Isabelle?

IZ-uh-bel, with 3 syllables.

Is Isabelle getting more popular?

Over five years: rising in 2 of 23 regions, falling in 7.

Which sister names go with Isabelle?

The deck's top five sisters for Isabelle: Josephine, Sophie, Claire, Florence and Beatrice. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.

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