Isobel
Scottish variation of Isabel
"pledged to God"Share
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Updated Tue Mar 26 2024
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.
# 978 in the US
Isobel Rank in US Top 1000
# 717 on Nameberry
Isobel Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Isobel Popularity
- 717Nameberry2024
- 982Unique2020
- 160England2021
- 159Scotland2022
- 88New Zealand2014
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Famous People Named Isobel
- Isobel BaillieScottish operatic soprano
- Isobel Barnett (born Isobel Morag Marshall)Scottish radio and TV personality
- Isobel BuchananScottish operatic soprano
- Isobel CampbellScottish singer,songwriter formerly of band Belle and Sebastian
- Isobel ElsomEnglish actress
- Isobel Dorothy "Bel" PowleyEnglish actress
- Isobel GowdieScottish woman convicted of witchcraft in 1662
- Isobel Hawkingmother of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking
- Isobel of Huntingdongreat,grandmother of Robert the Bruce of Scotland
- Isobel JoyceIrish cricketer
- Isobel Selina "Belle" Miller KuhnCanadian missionary to China
- Isobel LennartAmerican screenwriter
- Isobel "Bel" PowleyBritish actress
- Isobel Mary RedmondAustralian politician
- Isobel Kelly O'Brien (b. 2013)daughter of actress Jessica St. Clair and playwright Dan O'Brien
Isobel in Pop Culture
- Isobel Flemmingcharacter on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
- Dr. Isobel Katherine "Izzie" Stevenscharacter on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Isobel Lanleymain character in the Nevermore book series by Kelly Creagh
- Isobel Crawleycharacter on TV's "Downton Abbey"
- Isobel Kearneycharacter on New Zealand soap "Shortland Street"
- Isobel Martincharacter in "The Night Circus"
- Isobel MacDougalcharacter in J.K. Rowling's "The Original Forty"
- "Isobel" song by Bjork
- "Isobel" song by Dido
- Isobel Pickwellcharacter on TV's Bad Education