What does the name Izabela mean?

Izabela means “my God is an oath” and is of Hebrew origin. The meaning comes from Isabella, a related spelling.

How popular is the name Izabela?

1,835 US babies were named Izabela between 1940 and 2025. The name peaked in 2006.

What careers are people named Izabela over-represented in?

Among notable women who are professors, Izabelas show up 1.7× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is. This is a pattern among people who already have the name, not a prediction.

Name meaning & stats

Izabela

Q: How common is the spelling Izabela?

1 in 253 Isabellas spell it Izabela.

Izabela means “my God is an oath” (Hebrew origin). 1,835 US babies since 1940, peak 2006. Notable Izabelas are 1.7× over-represented as professors.

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What it means

“my God is an oath”

HebrewSpelling of Isabella

Isabella around the world

Изабелла · Russian
Ізабелла · Ukrainian
إيزابيلا · Arabic
איזבלה · Hebrew
イザベッラ · Japanese
伊莎贝拉 · Chinese
Ísabella · Icelandic
Isabelo · Spanish
Isabetta · Italian
Isobell

Famous Isabellas

Isabella Rossellini · Italian-American actress (born 1952)
Isabella of Austria · Queen consort of Denmark, Norway and Sweden; (1501-1526)
Isabella d'Este · Italian noble (1474-1539)
Isabella Bird · British traveler, writer, photographer and naturalist (1831–1904)

Isabella’s name day

October 30 · Sweden

In US birth records

Peak year: 2006

1,835 US babies were named Izabela between 1940 and 2025.

Izabela around the world

England & Wales: 865 babies since 1996, peak 2017, No. 1,229 in 2025
France: 140 babies since 1900, peak 2024, No. 3,142 in 2025
Norway: 454 babies since 1945, peak 1981
Ireland: 130 babies since 1964, peak 2013
Belgium: 40 babies since 1995, peak 2022
Sweden: 38 babies since 1998, peak 2016

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Izabelas end up

Career	vs expected	Confidence
Professor	1.7×	Medium · 18 people
Actor	0.9×	Medium · 17 people
Writer	0.9×	Medium · 10 people
Politician	0.6×	Low · 9 people

Among notable women who are professors, Izabelas show up 1.7× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

One more thing…

Izabelas are 1.7× more likely than expected to be track athletes.

The surprise career: Low confidence · 9 notable people.

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Other spellings

1 in 253 Isabellas spell it Izabela

Isabella 88%
Izabella 7%
Isabela 3%
Izzabella 1%
Ysabella <1%
Izabela <1%
Issabella <1%
Yzabella <1%
Isabellah <1%
Izabellah <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2006)