Isabela

Where Isabela comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Isabela. The province is named after Isabella II of Spain. Doublet of Isabelle.
— Wiktionary's entry for Isabela
  • Spanish
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1967
    Isabela Garcia born
    Brazilian actress
  2. 1982
    First appearance
    #9,237 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2001
    Isabela Merced born
    American actress and singer
  4. 2004
    Peak, #442
    695 babies named Isabela — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #812.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Isabela Merced · American actress and singer, born 2001
  • Isabela Garcia · Brazilian actress, born 1967
  • Isabela Souza · Brazilian actress and singer, born 1998
  • Isabela Figueiredo · Portuguese writer, born 1963
  • Isabela Corona · Mexican actress, 1913–1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.