Isobel

For other uses, see Isobel (disambiguation).

Isobel

Gender	Female
Origin
Meaning	God's promise; pledge to god
Other names
Related names	Isabel, Isabeau, Isabella, Isabelle, Izabela, Elizabeth

Isobel is the Scottish form of the female given name Isabel.^[1][2] It originates from the medieval form of the name Elisabeth.^[3]

People named Isobel

• Isobel of Huntingdon (1199-1251), Scottish royalty
• Isobel Baillie (1895-1983), Scottish operatic soprano
• Isobel Barnett (1918-1980), British radio and television personality
• Isobel Buchanan (born 1954), Scottish operatic soprano
• Isobel Campbell (born 1976), Scottish singer, formerly with Belle and Sebastian
• Isobel Lilian Gloag (1865–1917), English painter
• Isobel Gowdie, Scottish woman who was tried for witchcraft in 1662
• Isobel Elsom (1893-1981), English actress
• Isobel Joyce (born 1983), Irish cricketer
• Isobel Loutit (1909–2009), Canadian statistician
• Isobel Miller Kuhn (1901-1957), Canadian missionary
• Isobel Lennart (1915-1971), American screenwriter and playwright
• Isobel Rae (1860–1940), known as Iso Rae, Australian impressionist painter
• Isobel Redmond (born 1953), Australian politician
• Isobel Waller-Bridge (born 1984), British composer
• Isobel Yeung (born 1986), British journalist

Fictional characters named Isobel

• Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, a fictional character from the American medical drama Grey's Anatomy
• Isobel Crawley, a fictional character from the British period drama Downton Abbey
• Isobel Flemming, a fictional character from the American The Vampire Diaries

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia, eds. (2019). "Isobel". A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191726675.
2. Room, Adrian (1997). The Cassell dictionary of first names. London: Cassell. p. 151. ISBN 9780304349159.
3. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia, eds. (2019). "Isabel". A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191726675.