Entry № 4660 · Italian origin

Isabella Isabella — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ iz-uh-BELL-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Italian
Meaning
"Pledged to God"
Syllables
4
Rank · US 2025
№ 7
First recorded
Medieval

A name that means "pledged to god".

Isabella is the Italian and Spanish form of Elizabeth — ultimately from the Hebrew Elīšeḇaʿ, meaning "God is my oath" or "pledged to God." The name developed in medieval Iberia and Italy, with Isabel as the Spanish short form.

The name has been in the U.S.

Pledged to God — a Italian name.

The name in its native script.

Isabella
Transliteration
Isabella
Pronunciation
/ ˌɪz.əˈbɛl.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Isabella stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 7 in the U.S.

Isabellas before her.

Real people
Isabella I of Castile
Queen of Castile. Patron of Christopher Columbus's voyages.
1451 – 1504
Isabella Rossellini
Italian-American actress, daughter of Ingrid Bergman.
born 1952
In fiction
Isabella Swan
Heroine of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series (known as Bella).
2005 novel

Names connected to Isabella.

The number behind Isabella.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Isabella reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.