Isabell

Where Isabell comes from

The dictionaries list Isabell as a given name — a female given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Isabel or Isabelle — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #342 among girls — 22 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1903
    Peak, #313
    99 babies named Isabell — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1957
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,531.
  4. 1969
    Isabell Werth born
    German equestrian
  5. 1988
    Isabell Herlovsen born
    Norwegian football player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Isabel or Isabelle.
Namesakes
  • Isabell Werth · German equestrian, born 1969
  • Isabell Herlovsen · Norwegian football player, born 1988
  • Isabell Klein · German handball player, born 1984
  • Isabell Bachor · German footballer, born 1983
  • Isabell Ost · German speed skater, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.