Isabela
Fewer than 140 women in Poland carry this Spanish-inflected form, so most Poles have never met one. It comes from Latin with the sense "god is my oath", and every bearer on record is female.
Isabela Pronunciation
Isabela is pronounced ee-sah-BE-lah (/isaˈbɛla/).
What Isabela means
Where Isabela comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Isabela comes into being as a Spanish version of Elisabeth, itself from the Hebrew Elisheva, "God is my oath". Latin carried the older form west, and medieval Spanish speakers reshaped it, first into Isabel, then Isabela. The vow survived the change. In English the meaning reads plainly: God is my oath.
Spain gave the name its strongest color. Isabel I of Castile, who ruled in the late fifteenth century, made Isabel a royal name across the peninsula. From there it spread through courts and parish records, and the Latin root traveled with it.
Polish took the name and set it down as Izabela, with Iza and Bela as the everyday short forms. A teacher reading a class register might call one Izabela by her full name and reach three others as Iza. The oath is old. What people hear now is a plain, warm name whose meaning still parses: God is my oath.
How many people are named Isabela
1 in 165763 women in Poland is named Isabela. 136 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2835 among female names.
Isabela's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1613 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2023.
Where Isabela is most popular
Isabela is most popular in Lesser Poland, 852% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Lesser Poland2 girls born+852%
Isabela as a middle name
Isabela is a first name for 136 women in Poland and a middle name for another 58, a 70/30 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 896th, between Ingryda (58) and Izaura (58).
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#894 Eligia58
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#895 Ingryda58
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#896 Isabela58
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#897 Izaura58
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#898 Jagienka58