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We actually picked this out when we were coming up with names for out 2nd daughter. We went with Grace with her but Isabella was one that I couldnt get out of my mind. I didnt think I would ever be blessed with 3 girls but we were in 2009 and we named her Isabella. We have a ton of nicknames for her, we call her Izzy and Izzybelly the most but she is also called Bella, belly, Izzy Bizzy, Izzy boo, Izzy boo bizzy, Bella boo and boo boo! I just love the name!!!

I am an Isabella too!!!

when i was little i wanted my nickanme to be iszie but now i make everyone call me Bella( i started having Spanish lessons and the moment i realised Bella meant beautiful i had to be called it!!)

My parents picked my name just before it became popular i don't know any isabella's older than me but quite a few younger ones.!!! best name!!!

Isabella is #1 on the list of top 100 'cool names' for girls in the baby name book "Cool Names" by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz.

Personal experiences with the name Isabella: | Edit

I am an Isabella and love it :) Everyone tells me that they think it's a beautiful name

I am an Isabella too : ] it's actually a really good name - loads of nicknames and variations, the only thing i can't stand is people calling me / miss spelling : "isobella, isobel" i'm glad my parents were nice and creative, it was "isabella" or "violet" when i was little :D

My name is Sarah, but my best friends name is Isabella! It was too long for me, so i always said Isa. But, I wanted something more unique so i tried Bella, but it didn't really work out. So, randomly one day I called her Isasa!!! And now thats what I call her all the time. never call her Isa anymore...

My best friend's name is Isabella too, and she loves it. Another of my friends and I are a little obsessed with names, so we are always talking about what we want to be named. Whenever we ask her, however, she always responds "I love Isabella!"

Nicknames for Isabella: | Edit

Izzy, Bella, Belle, Isa (E-sa), Isabel, Ibby, Ella, Chabela, Zsa Zsa, Sabel, Ibby, Belita, Tibby, Isa (Iz-a), Is, Izzybella, Izzybeller,
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Meanings and history of the name Isabella: | Edit

Beautiful (Italian).

Queen Isabella of Spain dispatched Christopher Columbus for the New World.

Famous real-life people named Isabella: | Edit

Actress Isabella Rosselini

Isabella Stewart Gardner, art collector and philanthropist who created the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston (where all women named Isabella get in for free)

There are two Spanish queens named Isabella

Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe, Princess of Denmark

Isabella in song, story & screen: | Edit

Isobel- By Bjork
Isabel, character in "Fools Rush In"
Isabella Swan, character in the book series and movie "Twilight"
Isabella, a character in Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure"
Isabella is a lorry in Thomas the Tank Engine
"Isabella; or, the Pot of Basil", tragic poem by John Keats
Isabella Thorpe is a character in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.
Isabella Linton is a character in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.
Isabella Knightley is the sister of Emma Woodhouse in Jane Austen's Emma.