Names related to Isabel: Chavela, Isabella, Isabelle, Isobel, Elizabeth, Isabela
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Isabel

Pronunciation: I-zə-behl (key)

Origin of the name Isabel:

A Spanish variant of Elizabeth, which is from the Hebrew elīsheba' (God is my oath).

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Abigail Alexandra Alice Anna Antonio Avery Benjamin Carlos Donna Edward Gladwin Ivan Jonathan Jose Kaelyn Liliana Lillian Lucas Luis Miranda Olivia Rachael Samuel Sarah William
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that's th problem with popular names - they are beautiful, and everyone likes them - that's why they are popular!

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I named my daughter Isabel because I thought it could be cute as Izzy or sophisticated -- a girl named Isabel could definitely be President!

Please, no more Isabels, Isabelles, or Isabellas! Or Sophias. We now have five little girls named Isabel/la in a neighborhood radius of 5 blocks, and three Sophias. Not to mention an Isabel Sophia. This name is epidemic in Yuppieland.

Our Isabel is adopted from Guatemala. We wanted a name that was hispanic in origin but also crosses over culture. We are certainly not yuppies!

Nicknames for Isabel: | Edit

Izzy, Bella, Bel, Isa, Chavela, Frizzabel, Frizzy

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Famous real-life people named Isabel: | Edit

Isabel Allende, writer.
Isabel Toledo, fashion designer.
"Isabel la Catolica", aka Queen Isabella of Spain, wife of King Ferdinand who financed Christopher Columbus' voyages to the New World.

Isabel in song, story & screen: | Edit

Isabel, Isabel didn't worry, Isabel didn't scream or scurry -- Ogden Nash poem
Isabel Archer is a character in Henry James's novel "A Portrait of a Lady."
"Maria Isabel", a song that talks about inviting a young lady to put on her hat and go to the beach under the nice warm sun.

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