Isabel, Isabella: According to some this name is the same as Jezebel, which Tregelles thinks may mean "without cohabitation," i.e., "chaste," "modest." Another derivation is that it is the same as Elizabeth; but Isabella is rather from Isabel, the Spanish rendering of Elizabeth. Dutch, Isabelle; French, Isabelle; German, Isabelle; Italian, Isabella; Latin, Isabella; Spanish, Isabel; Swedish, Isabella.

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