isabel
/ˈɪzəbɛl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.57 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A female given name from Hebrew.
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A surname originating as a matronymic.
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Example Sentences
- "Mariana. O my good lord! Sweet Isabel, take my part: Lend me your knees, and all my life to come, I'll lend you all my life to do you service."
- "There is a silvery bell-like music in the name, which is exceedingly attractive, and which has made it a favorite with the poets. - - - Mary Howitt, in her Flower comparisons, has the following melodious lines: Now for mad-cap Isabel: / What shall suit her, pr'y thee tell? / Isabel is brown and wild; /Will be evermore a child;"
- "I'm glad you spell your name like that. It's the best of all the ways to spell Isabel."
- "How many poor girls, who would have been wild and raging and beautiful and free sex goddesses if only their parents had found it in their hearts to name them Isabel, instead had to stuff their poor psyches into the name Heather?"
- "To make a lively Isabel colour, you must to a quantity of white, add one half of yellow, and two-thirds of red and yellow."
Etymology
From Spanish Isabel, from Old Occitan Elisabel, from Latin Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”). Doublet of Elizabeth.