Izabel
Just 65 Polish women carry Izabel, so most people here will never meet one. The name comes from Hebrew and means "god is my oath".
Izabel Pronunciation
Izabel is pronounced ee-ZAH-bel (/iˈzabɛl/).
What Izabel means
Where Izabel comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Izabel goes back through Spanish and Provençal Isabel to the Hebrew Elisheva, the same root that gave Poland Elżbieta. The short meaning stays with it: god is my oath. Medieval Europe treated Isabel and Elisabeth as one name, then slowly let them split into separate lives.
Polish keeps the whole family close. Izabela is the fuller form on a birth certificate. Izabella doubles the l. Shorten either and you get Iza in a class register, or Bela among cousins.
Izabela Czartoryska founded the Temple of the Sibyl at Puławy in 1801, counted as one of the first museums on Polish soil. That founding is documented, and her collection later seeded the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków.
The oath in the meaning is old. It was a vow of faithfulness to God. The child made no promise. A girl signing Izabel on an urząd form today writes a name that reaches back to Hebrew Elisheva.
How many people are named Izabel
1 in 346828 women in Poland is named Izabel. 65 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4524 among female names.
Izabel's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Izabel as a middle name
Izabel is a first name for 65 women in Poland and a middle name for another 21, a 76/24 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1573rd, between Ivana (21) and Jeannine (21).
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#1571 Florentina21
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#1572 Ivana21
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#1573 Izabel21
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#1574 Jeannine21
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#1575 Jimena21