Isabella or Isabela is a feminine given name, the Latinate and Italian form of Isabel, the Spanish form Isabelle, the French form, and Isobel, the Scottish form of the name Elizabeth. All are ultimately derived from the Hebrew Elisheba. Isabella has been in wide use in the Anglosphere since the 1700s and has been a popular name in recent years. It is particularly well used for Hispanic girls in the United States. A common diminutive form is Bella. Notable people with the name include:
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Isabella, a stock character in Italian comedy
Isabella Knightley, Emma's sister in Emma by Jane Austen
Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, a main character in the Disney Channel series, Phineas and Ferb
Isabella "Bella" Swan, protagonist of the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
Isabella Toscano, character from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives
Isabella Braña Williams, a former character on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
Isabella "Ivy" Valentine, from Soulcalibur
Isabella, the title character of an Italian comic book series
Isabella, in Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy