Isobel

Scottish variation of Isabel
"pledged to God"

Isobel Origin and Meaning

The name Isobel is a girl's name of Scottish origin meaning "pledged to God".

The Scottish spelling of Isabel has a definite character of her own, the 'o' giving her an extra infusion of strength but also an element of confusion. How do you pronounce that? Answer: Exactly like Isabel or Isabelle.

Isobels have appeared on several high-profile TV shows: Isobel Crawley is Matthew's mother on Downton Abbey, Isobel Fleming is a Vampire Diaries character, and Isobel Stevens was known as Izzie on Grey's Anatomy.

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Famous People Named Isobel

  • Isobel Baillie
    Scottish operatic soprano
  • Isobel Barnett (born Isobel Morag Marshall)
    Scottish radio and TV personality
  • Isobel Buchanan
    Scottish operatic soprano
  • Isobel Campbell
    Scottish singer,songwriter formerly of band Belle and Sebastian
  • Isobel Elsom
    English actress
  • Isobel Dorothy "Bel" Powley
    English actress
  • Isobel Gowdie
    Scottish woman convicted of witchcraft in 1662
  • Isobel Hawking
    mother of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking
  • Isobel of Huntingdon
    great,grandmother of Robert the Bruce of Scotland
  • Isobel Joyce
    Irish cricketer
  • Isobel Selina "Belle" Miller Kuhn
    Canadian missionary to China
  • Isobel Lennart
    American screenwriter
  • Isobel "Bel" Powley
    British actress
  • Isobel Mary Redmond
    Australian politician
  • Isobel Kelly O'Brien (b. 2013)
    daughter of actress Jessica St. Clair and playwright Dan O'Brien

The name Isobel in Pop Culture

  • Isobel Flemming
    character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
  • Dr. Isobel Katherine "Izzie" Stevens
    character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
  • Isobel Lanley
    main character in the Nevermore book series by Kelly Creagh
  • Isobel Crawley
    character on TV's "Downton Abbey"
  • Isobel Kearney
    character on New Zealand soap "Shortland Street"
  • Isobel Martin
    character in "The Night Circus"
  • Isobel MacDougal
    character in J.K. Rowling's "The Original Forty"
  • "Isobel
    " song by Bjork
  • "Isobel
    " song by Dido
  • Isobel Pickwell
    character on TV's Bad Education

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