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Isabel

See also: isabel

English edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish Isabel, from Old Occitan Elisabel, from Latin Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע‎ (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”). Doublet of Elizabeth.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪzəbɛl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Proper noun edit

Isabel

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      : Act V, Scene I:
      Mariana. O my good lord! Sweet Isabel, take my part:
      Lend me your knees, and all my life to come,
      I'll lend you all my life to do you service.
    • 1852 August, D. H. Jacques, “A Chapter on Names”, in The Knickerbocker, or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XL, page 119:
      There is a silvery bell-like music in the name, which is exceedingly attractive, and which has made it a favorite with the poets. - - - Mary Howitt, in her Flower comparisons, has the following melodious lines:
      Now for mad-cap Isabel: / What shall suit her, pr'y thee tell? / Isabel is brown and wild; /Will be evermore a child;
    • 1994 Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell), No Night Is Too Long, →ISBN, page 110:
      I'm glad you spell your name like that. It's the best of all the ways to spell Isabel.
    • 2002, Cynthia Heimel, If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 177:
      How many poor girls, who would have been wild and raging and beautiful and free sex goddesses if only their parents had found it in their hearts to name them Isabel, instead had to stuff their poor psyches into the name Heather?
  2. (rare) A surname originating as a matronymic.

Usage notes edit

  • Isabel and Elizabeth were interchangeable in English records up to the 16th century.

Related terms edit

surnames

Translations edit

Anagrams edit

Catalan edit

Proper noun edit

Isabel f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Elizabeth

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish Isabel.

Proper noun edit

Isabel

  1. a female given name from Spanish
  2. (biblical) the mother of John the Baptist
  3. (biblical) Elisheba, the wife of Aaron
  4. A municipality of Leyte
  5. An island in Romblon

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish Isabel.

Proper noun edit

Isabel

  1. a female given name from Spanish. Variant of Isabella

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish Isabel.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌi.zaːˈbɛl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Isa‧bel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Proper noun edit

Isabel f

  1. Alternative form of Isabella.

German edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish Isabel, Portuguese Isabel.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [izaˈbɛl]
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: I‧sa‧bel

Proper noun edit

Isabel

  1. a female given name from Spanish, variant of Isabella or Isabelle

Norwegian edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish Isabel.

Proper noun edit

Isabel

  1. a female given name from Spanish. Variant of Isabella

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Occitan Elisabel, from Latin Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע‎ (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”). The initial El- was lost probably because it was mistaken for an article.

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
  • Hyphenation: I‧sa‧bel

Proper noun edit

Isabel f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Isabel, Isabelle or Elizabeth

Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Isabel.

Related terms edit

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Occitan Elisabel, from Latin Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע‎ (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”). The initial El- was lost probably because it was mistaken for an article.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /isaˈbel/ [i.saˈβ̞el]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: I‧sa‧bel

Proper noun edit

Isabel f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Elizabeth
    1. Elizabeth II (1926–2022), Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (r. 1952–2022)
  2. Elizabeth (biblical character)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish Isabel.

Proper noun edit

Isabel c (genitive Isabels)

  1. a female given name from Spanish. Variant of Isabella

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish Isabel.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: I‧sa‧bel
  • IPA(key): /ʔisaˈbel/, [ʔɪ.sɐˈbɛl]

Proper noun edit

Isabél (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜊᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. a female given name from Spanish
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