Isobel

Isobel is the Scottish form of the female given name Isabel. It originates from the medieval form of the name Elisabeth (Hebrew Elisheba).

People named Isobel include:


 * 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 Redmond (born 1953), Australian politician
 * Isobel Waller-Bridge (born 1984), British composer
 * Isobel Yeung (born 1986), British journalist
 * Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, a fictional character from the American medical drama Grey's Anatomy
 * Isobel Crawley, a fictional character from the British period drama Downton Abbey
 * Isobel Flemming, a fictional character from the American The Vampire Diaries
 * Isobel (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1850 to 1857, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels