Isobel is the Scottish form of the female given name Isabel. It originates from the medieval form of the name Elisabeth.
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People named Isobel
Isobel of Huntingdon (1199–1251), Scottish royalty
Isobel Baillie (1895–1983), Scottish operatic soprano
Isobel Barnett (1918–1980), British radio and television personality
Isobel Buchanan (born 1954), Scottish operatic soprano
Isobel Campbell (born 1976), Scottish singer, formerly with Belle and Sebastian
Isobel Lilian Gloag (1865–1917), English painter
Isobel Gowdie, Scottish woman who was tried for witchcraft in 1662
Isobel Elsom (1893–1981), English actress
Isobel Joyce (born 1983), Irish cricketer
Isobel Loutit (1909–2009), Canadian statistician
Isobel Miller Kuhn (1901–1957), Canadian missionary
Isobel Lennart (1915–1971), American screenwriter and playwright
Isobel Rae (1860–1940), known as Iso Rae, Australian impressionist painter
Isobel Redmond (born 1953), Australian politician
Isobel Waller-Bridge (born 1984), British composer
Isobel Yeung (born 1986), British journalist
Fictional characters named Isobel
Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, a character from the American medical drama Grey's Anatomy
Isobel Crawley, a character from the British period drama Downton Abbey
Isobel Flemming, a character from the American The Vampire Diaries
Isobel McGonagall, a character from the ‘Harry Potter’ series, Professor Minerva McGonagall's mother.