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| 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, a character from the American medical drama Grey's Anatomy
- Isobel Crawley, a character from the British period drama Downton Abbey
- Isobel Flemming, a character from the American The Vampire Diaries
- Isobel McGonagall, a character from the ‘Harry Potter’ series, Professor Minerva McGonagall's mother.
References
[edit]- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia, eds. (2019). "Isobel". A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191726675.
- ↑ Room, Adrian (1997). The Cassell dictionary of first names. London: Cassell. p. 151. ISBN 9780304349159.
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia, eds. (2019). "Isabel". A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191726675.
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