Isabel

The name Isabella, and Isabelle, Isabel, Isabell, Izabella or Izabela is a female first name.

Origin

Isabel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the German female given name Elizabeth.

Isabelle is French to French belle, shape Isabella is probably mediated via French and Italian bella. On the basis of the voiced pronunciation of the "s " is the name, the orthographic realizations Izabella and Izabela in his Polish and Romanian form.

Dissemination

Until the 19th century, you can not see the two names to be different, so that about many historical persons of the Middle Ages and the modern era in previous Spanish - Portuguese are listed as Isabel, in German literature but as Elizabeth. French is both to find. Starting no later than the end of the 19th century the name is perceived as such and assign independent.

Found in the noble world of pre-revolutionary France, the name Isabelle enjoys great popularity even today, especially in French-speaking areas. The form Isabella in 2009 was the # 1 most popular name for newborns in the United States.

Variants

  • Isabel, Isabell
  • Isabella, Isabela
  • Isabelle, Isabele
  • Izabella, Izabela
  • Isobel

The French form Isabeau is used both as a female and as a male first name, which today dominates the female use strong.

Name -day Saints and Blessed

Name Days:

  • February 22
  • March 29
  • June 12
  • 4th of July - St. Isabel of Portugal ( 1271-1336 ), Queen of Portugal
  • September 16
  • March 14
  • Blessed Isabelle of Longchamp, Isabelle de France (1224-1269), French king's daughter and monastery founder, pictured with crown and lily branch

Famous names winners

For nobles, see list of nobles named Isabella

  • Ackerl Isabella (* 1940), Austrian historian, author and specialist in German
  • Isabella Acres (* 2001), American actress and voice actress
  • Isabelle Adjani ( born 1955 ), French actress
  • Isabella Albrizzi - Teotochi (1763-1836), Venetian salonière and writer
  • Isabel Allende ( born 1942 ), Chilean writer and journalist
  • Isabelle Aubret ( b. 1938 ), French singer
  • Isabella Augusta Gregory (1852-1932), an Irish playwright
  • Isabel Bongard (* 1991), German actress
  • Isabelle Huppert ( born 1955 ), French actress
  • Izabela Jaruga - Nowacka (1950-2010), Polish politician
  • Isabelle Jongenelen (* 1991), Dutch Women's Handball
  • Izabela Kloc ( b. 1963 ), Polish politician
  • Isabel Lucas ( born 1985 ), Australian actress
  • Izabella Miko ( born 1981 ), American- Polish actress
  • Isabella Nadolny (1917-2004), German writer and translator
  • Isabella Rossellini ( born 1952 ), Italian actress
  • Izabella Scorupco (born 1970 ), Swedish actress
  • Isabelle von Siebenthal ( b. 1957 ), Swiss actress
  • Isabel Siebert ( b. 1977 ), German politician
  • Izabella Sierakowska ( b. 1946 ), Polish politician
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