Isabella (given name)
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.
It may refer to:
Fictional characters
- Isabella, a stock character in Italian comedy
- Isabella Knightley, Emma's sister in Emma by Jane Austen
- Isabella Linton, character in Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.
- 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, fictional 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 (comics), the title character of an Italian comic book series
- Isabella (The Spanish Tragedy)