Meaning & History
Short form of Isabella or names ending in belle. It is also associated with the French word belle meaning "beautiful". A famous bearer was Belle Starr (1848-1889), an outlaw of the American west, whose real given name was Maybelle.
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesZabel (Armenian) Elixabete (Basque) Elisheba, Elizabeth, Elisabeth (Biblical) Elisabet (Biblical Greek) Elisheva (Biblical Hebrew) Elisabeth (Biblical Latin) Elisaveta, Elizabet (Bulgarian) Elisabet (Catalan) Elizabeta, Ela (Croatian) Alžběta, Izabela, Eliška (Czech) Elisabeth, Isabella, Betina, Bettina, Eli, Elisabet, Elise, Ella, Else, Elsebeth, Lilli, Lilly, Lis, Lisa, Lisbet, Lisbeth, Lise, Liss, Lissi (Danish) Elisabeth, Isabeau, Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle, Betje, Elise, Elly, Els, Else, Elsje, Ilse, Isa, Lies, Liesbeth, Liese, Liesje, Lijsbeth, Lisa, Lize (Dutch) Eliisabet, Eliise, Elo, Liis, Liisa, Liisi, Liisu (Estonian) Elisabet, Isabella, Eliisa, Elisa, Elise, Ella, Elsi, Iisa, Liisa, Liisi (Finnish) Élisabeth, Isabel, Isabelle, Babette, Élise, Isabeau, Lili, Lise, Lys (French) Sabela (Galician) Elisabed (Georgian) Elisabeth, Elsbeth, Isabel, Isabelle, Bettina, Elisa, Elise, Ella, Elli, Elly, Elsa, Else, Ilsa, Ilse, Isa, Isabell, Isabella, Lies, Liesa, Liese, Liesel, Liesl, Lili, Lilli, Lisa, Lisbeth (German) Elisavet (Greek) Elikapeka (Hawaiian) Elisheva (Hebrew) Elizabet, Erzsébet, Izabella, Bettina, Bözsi, Erzsi, Zsóka (Hungarian) Elísabet, Ísabella, Elísa, Elsa (Icelandic) Eilís, Eilish, Isibéal, Sibéal (Irish) Elisabetta, Isabella, Bettina, Elisa, Isa, Lisa (Italian) Elizabete, Jeļizaveta, Elīza, Elza, Ilze (Latvian) Elžbieta, Izabelė, Elzė (Lithuanian) Elisaveta, Elizabeta (Macedonian) Ealisaid (Manx) Ibb (Medieval English) Isabeau (Medieval French) Isabel (Medieval Occitan) Elisabeth, Isabella, Eli, Elisabet, Elise, Ella, Elsa, Else, Lill, Lilly, Lisa, Lisbet, Lisbeth, Lise, Liss (Norwegian) Isabèl (Occitan) Elżbieta, Izabela, Izabella, Ela, Eliza, Iza (Polish) Isabel, Belinha, Elisa, Elisabete, Elizabete, Elza, Isa, Isabela (Portuguese) Eliza, Isabele, Izabel (Portuguese (Brazilian)) Elisabeta, Isabela, Isabella (Romanian) Elizaveta, Izabella, Yelizaveta (Russian) Elspet, Elspeth, Ishbel, Isobel (Scottish) Ealasaid, Iseabail, Beileag (Scottish Gaelic) Jelisaveta (Serbian) Alžbeta, Izabela, Eliška (Slovak) Elizabeta, Izabela, Ela, Iza, Špela (Slovene) Isabel, Ysabel, Eli, Elisa, Elisabet, Isa, Isabela (Spanish) Elsy (Spanish (Latin American)) Elisabet, Elisabeth, Isabella, Isabelle, Elise, Ella, Elsa, Elsie, Elsy, Lill, Lilly, Lis, Lisa, Lisbet, Lisbeth, Lise (Swedish) Yelyzaveta (Ukrainian)
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Entry updated January 21, 2022