Meaning
My God is an oath, in the Hebrew-linked name tradition.
The exact French Isabelle etymology explicitly supplies this Hebrew interpretation. It does not substantiate the older licensed bountiful or devoted glosses as literal translations.
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Isabelle
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Origin
French form transmitted through Old Spanish Isabel, with Hebrew ancestry.
The French entry traces Isabelle through Old Spanish Isabel; English borrowed the French form. Modern language use and older ancestry are distinct.
English pronunciation
Not yet published for this spelling.
Published name usage
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Girls | 330 · preliminary | 73 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Girls | 65 (rounded to 5) | 652 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 1964 | Boys | 5 (rounded to 5) | 1416 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Girls | 814 | 54 | Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2025 | Girls | 13 | 146 | Two rank discrepancies and alternate-view differences retained. Automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Girls | 16 | 226 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2025 | Girls | 121 | 34 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 1,825 | 166 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2008 | Boys | 5 | 12553 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
Sources & notes
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Language of use: English
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The exact English personal-name section documents this language use. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Isabelle entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Isabelle&oldid=90575762. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Language of use: French
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The exact French personal-name section documents this language use. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Isabelle entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Isabelle&oldid=90575762. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Language of use: German
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The exact German personal-name section documents this language use. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Isabelle entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Isabelle&oldid=90575762. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Language of use: Portuguese
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The exact Portuguese personal-name section documents this language use. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Isabelle entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Isabelle&oldid=90575762. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Language of use: Swedish
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The exact Swedish personal-name section documents this language use. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Isabelle entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Isabelle&oldid=90575762. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Meaning: My God is an oath, in the Hebrew-linked name tradition.
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The exact French Isabelle etymology explicitly supplies this Hebrew interpretation. It does not substantiate the older licensed bountiful or devoted glosses as literal translations. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Isabelle entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Isabelle&oldid=90575762. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Pronunciation in the source language: French: /i.za.bɛl/
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Recorded French personal-name reading, kept separate from English pronunciation coverage. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Isabelle entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Isabelle&oldid=90575762. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Pronunciation in the source language: German: /izaˈbɛl/; also /ˈiːzaˌbɛl/ and /izaˈbɛlə/
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The German entry records the first reading as commonest and the others as variants. These are not English pronunciations. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Isabelle entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Isabelle&oldid=90575762. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Nickname: Belle
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The exact English Isabelle entry explicitly lists Belle as a diminutive. Other longer-name connections remain distinct. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Isabelle entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Isabelle&oldid=90575762. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Nickname: Issy
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The exact English Isabelle entry explicitly lists Issy as a diminutive. Other longer-name connections remain distinct. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Isabelle entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Isabelle&oldid=90575762. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Nickname: Izzy
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The exact English Isabelle entry explicitly lists Izzy as a diminutive. Other longer-name connections remain distinct. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Isabelle entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Isabelle&oldid=90575762. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Origin: French form transmitted through Old Spanish Isabel, with Hebrew ancestry.
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The French entry traces Isabelle through Old Spanish Isabel; English borrowed the French form. Modern language use and older ancestry are distinct. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Isabelle entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Isabelle&oldid=90575762. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Related name: Isabel
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The English personal-name section explicitly lists Isabel as related. Statistics and readings remain separate. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Isabelle entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Isabelle&oldid=90575762. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Related name: Isabela
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Related English forms with a shared linguistic source; not interchangeable spellings or a nickname claim. Popularity counts remain separate.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
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(C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
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U.S. Social Security Administration
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Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.