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Isabella

From Latin, it carries the vow "god is my oath". Rare in Poland: only about 1,600 women hold it, and after a peak in the 2010s it's fading once more.

Isabella Pronunciation

Isabella is pronounced ee-sah-BEL-lah (/isaˈbɛlla/).

Alive in 2025
1,633
Newborns 2025
13
National rank
#765

What Isabella means

Where Isabella comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Isabella began as a variation of Elizabeth, reshaped by the tongues of medieval Provence and Italy. Elizabeth comes from Hebrew Elisheva, usually read as "God is my oath." Isabella kept that meaning while dropping the opening sound, and it settled into Latin and the Romance languages as a name in its own right. English speakers borrowed it from Italian, and it has stayed close to both.

The short forms travel light. Bella and Iza can stand alone, while in Poland the variant Izabela is what shows up on an official form, and Bela turns the sound a little softer.

Isabella belonged to queens. Isabella I of Castile funded the voyage of Columbus in 1492, and several English medieval queens carried the name too. That royal history gave it a formal weight without making it cold.

Read the name in a Polish class register and you may hear both Izabela and Iza answer. The oath inside it still holds: God is my oath.

How many people are named Isabella

1 in 13805 women in Poland is named Isabella. 1,633 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #765 among female names.

People with the name Isabella 2019 → 2025
1,633 +627 since 2019
2020 1,055 +49
2021 1,121 +66
2022 1,236 +115
2023 1,340 +104
2024 1,477 +137
2025 1,633 +156

Isabella's popularity over time

13 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #634 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2021.

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13 newborns with the name Isabella in 2025
national rank #634 that year

Where parents choose Isabella

Isabella is most popular in Opole, 106% above the national average (4 girls born 2019–2025), followed by West Pomeranian (+97%) and Lubusz (+91%). It is least common in Pomeranian and Silesian, 68% and 58% below average respectively.

Chosen most
  • Opole
    +106%
    1 in 11,524 babies
  • West Pomeranian
    +97%
    1 in 12,061 babies
  • Lubusz
    +91%
    1 in 12,414 babies
Chosen least
  • Pomeranian
    −68%
    1 in 73,661 babies
  • Silesian
    −58%
    1 in 56,896 babies
  • Greater Poland
    −56%
    1 in 53,811 babies

Isabella as a middle name

Isabella is a first name for 1,633 women in Poland and a middle name for another 697, a 70/30 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 278th, between Maya (702) and Eulalia (690).

As a first name
1,633
As a middle name
697
first name 70% middle name 30%
Middle-name ranking women

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