Isabel is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “my God is an oath.” In 2024 it was given to 1,820 girls in the United States.
Isabel belongs to the Spanish and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “my God is an oath” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Isabel first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #83 in 2003, and in 2024 1,820 babies received the name — 130,387 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Isabel means “my God is an oath” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Isabel is a girl name. In 2024, 1,820 babies received the name in the US.
Isabel comes from the Spanish, English & American, Portuguese and French tradition.
Isabel first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #83 in 2003, and 1,820 babies were given the name in 2024.
Isabel is pronounced /ˈɪzəbɛl/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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