Isabelle

French variation of Isabel
"pledged to God"
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Isabelle Origin and Meaning

The name Isabelle is a girl's name of French origin meaning "pledged to God".

Isabelle is the French variation of Isabel, which emerged in the Middle ages as an Occitan form of Elizabeth. Medieval queens Isabella of Angoulême and Isabella of France helped popularize the name in the United Kingdom. Isobel is the Scottish version, Isabella the Italian, and Izabel is used in Brazil.

Isabelle and all her beautiful sisters have risen quickly through the ranks over the past decade or so to dominate their mother name, Elizabeth. Isabelle's a name about which everything is lovely, except how many other little Isabelles you'll meet.

Jeff Bridges has a grown daughter named Isabelle, while more recently Kerry Washington used it for her daughter.

# 159 in the US

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# 290 on Nameberry

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Popularity of the name Isabelle

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Famous People Named Isabelle

  • Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert
    French actress
  • Isabelle Wilhelmine Marie Eberhardt
    Swiss explorer and author
  • Isabelle Demongeot
    French tennis player
  • Isabelle Yasmina Adjani
    French actress
  • Isabelle Garrot Fuhrman
    American actress
  • Isabelle Delobel
    French ice dancer
  • Isabelle Lucy Allen
    English actress
  • Isabelle Boulay
    French,Canadian singer
  • Isabelle Caro
    French model
  • Isabelle de Charrière (born Isabella Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken)
    Dutch novelist
  • Isabelle Sofia Ingham
    YouTuber
  • Isabelle Duchesnay
    French pairs figure skater
  • Isabelle Donola
    fashion designer and contestant on TV's "Under the Gunn"
  • Isabelle de l'Arbre de Malander
    Princess of Liechtenstein
  • Isabelle Brasseur
    Canadian pair skater
  • Isabelle Annie Bridges
    daughter of actor Jeff Bridges
  • Isabelle Wright (b. 2010)
    daughter of pro wrestler Mr Scott Wright
  • Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha (b. 2014)
    daughter of actress Kerry Washington and Nnamdi Asomugha
  • Isabelle Coley (b. 2016)
    daughter of TV presenter Jennie Gow and Jamie Coley
  • Wyatt Isabelle Kutcher (b. 2014)
    daughter of American actor Ashton Kutcher and Ukrainian born actress Mila Kunis

The name Isabelle in Pop Culture

  • Isabelle Sorensen
    character in "Mozart and the whale"
  • Isabelle
    character in "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" and movie "Hugo"
  • Isabelle Lightwood
    character in "The Mortal Instruments" series by Cassandra Clare
  • Isabelle Luzeron
    Character in Joanne Harris' "The Lollipop Shoes"
  • Isabelle "Izzy" Woods
    from "Legally Blondes"; twin to Annie Woods
  • Isabelle Huffstodt
    character on TV's "Huff"
  • Isabelle
    secretary in video game "Animal Crossing: New Leaf "
  • Isabelle Palmer
    American Girl doll
  • Isabelle "Izzy" Hoyland
    character on Australian TV soap "Neighbours"
  • Isabelle Vaughn
    daughter on TV's "Alias"
  • "Isabelle
    " song by Ashleigh Mannix
  • Isabelle Hartley
    character from Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Isabelle "Izzy" Silva
    character on television series "You Me Her"

Nicknames for the name Isabelle

  • Issy
    cute
  • Belle
    French