Isobel

For other uses, see Isobel (disambiguation).

Isobel

Gender	Female
Origin
Meaning	God's promise; pledge to god
Other names
Related names	Isabel, Isabeau, Isabell, Izaberu, Isabella, Isabelle, Izabela, Ysabeau, Elizabeth

Isobel is the Scottish form of the female given name Isabel. It originates from the medieval form of the name Elisabeth (Hebrew Elisheba).

People named Isobel include:

• 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 Redmond (born 1953), Australian politician
• Isobel Waller-Bridge (born 1984), British composer
• Isobel Yeung (born 1986), British journalist
• Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, a fictional character from the American medical drama Grey's Anatomy
• Isobel Crawley, a fictional character from the British period drama Downton Abbey
• Isobel Flemming, a fictional character from the American The Vampire Diaries
• Isobel (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1850 to 1857, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels