Entry № 4706 · Scottish origin

Isobel Isobel — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ IZ-oh-bel /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Scottish
Meaning
"Pledged to God"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "pledged to god".

Isobel is the Scots form of Isabel — consecrated, pledged to God. It carries a soft, classic Scottish elegance.

Pledged to God — a Scottish name.

The name in its native script.

Isobel
Transliteration
Isobel
Pronunciation
/ ˈɪ.zɔ.bɛl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Isobel stands.

Isobel does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Isobels before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Isobel.

The number behind Isobel.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Isobel reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.