Isobel

Where Isobel comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Isobel.

  • Hebrew
Isobel through the years
  1. 1893
    Isobel Elsom born
    British actress
  2. 1894
    First appearance
    #1,485 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1916
    Peak, #817
    69 babies named Isobel, its best rank.
  4. 1929
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,419.
  5. 1976
    Isobel Campbell born
    British singer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Isabel.
Namesakes
  • Isobel Campbell · British singer, born 1976
  • Isobel Elsom · British actress, 1893–1981
  • Isobel Christiansen · English footballer, born 1991
  • Isobel Wylie Hutchison · Scottish Arctic traveller and botanist, 1889–1982
  • Isobel Joyce · Female Irish cricketer, born 1983

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.