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Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
form of the female
given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
Isabel. It originates from the medieval form of the name Elisabeth (Hebrew
Elisheba Elisheba (; (original) ) was the wife of Aaron, the older brother of Moses and the first High Priest of Israel. She was mentioned once in Exodus 6:23 in the Torah and the Old Testament. In the Torah In the book of Exodus, she was said to be ...
). People named Isobel include: *
Isobel of Huntingdon Isobel of Huntingdon (1199–1251), also known as Isobel the Scot, was the younger daughter of David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, grandson of David I of Scotland, by his marriage to Matilda of Chester. She married Robert Bruce, 4th Lo ...
(1199-1251), Scottish royalty *
Isobel Baillie Dame Isobel Baillie, (9 March 189524 September 1983), ''née'' Isabella Douglas Baillie, was a Scottish soprano. She made a local success in Manchester, where she was brought up, and in 1923 made a successful London debut. Her career, encourage ...
(1895-1983), Scottish operatic soprano *
Isobel Barnett Isobel, Lady Barnett (born Isobel Morag Marshall; 30 June 1918 – 20 October 1980), was a Scottish radio and television personality, who had her highest profile during the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Isobel Barnett was born Isobel Morag Mar ...
(1918-1980), British radio and television personality *
Isobel Buchanan Isobel Buchanan (born 15 March 1954) is a Scottish operatic soprano. Early life and career Isobel Buchanan was born in 1954 in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1971, aged 17, she received a scholarship to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, wher ...
(born 1954), Scottish operatic soprano *
Isobel Campbell Isobel Campbell (born 27 April 1976) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and cellist. She rose to prominence at age nineteen as a member of the indie pop band Belle & Sebastian, but left the group to pursue a solo career, first as the Gentle Waves ...
(born 1976), Scottish singer, formerly with Belle and Sebastian *
Isobel Lilian Gloag Isobel Lilian Gloag (1865–1917) was an English Victorian painter, known for her oil and watercolour portraits, as well as posters and stained-glass designs. Biography Gloag was born in London, the daughter of Scottish parents from Perthshire. ...
(1865–1917), English painter *
Isobel Gowdie Isobel Gowdie was a Scottish woman who confessed to witchcraft at Auldearn near Nairn during 1662. Scant information is available about her age or life and, although she was probably executed in line with the usual practice, it is uncertain whet ...
, Scottish woman who was tried for witchcraft in 1662 *
Isobel Elsom Isobel Elsom (born Isabelle Reed; 16 March 1893 – 12 January 1981) was an English film, theatre, and television actress. She was often cast as aristocrats or upper-class women. Early years Born in Chesterton, Cambridge, Elsom attend ...
(1893-1981), English actress *
Isobel Joyce Isobel Mary Helen Cecilia Joyce (born 25 July 1983) is an Irish former cricketer. She played as a right-handed batter and left-arm medium pace bowler. She appeared in one Test match, 79 One Day Internationals and 55 Twenty20 Internationals fo ...
(born 1983), Irish cricketer * Isobel Loutit (1909–2009), Canadian statistician * Isobel Miller Kuhn (1901-1957), Canadian missionary *
Isobel Lennart Isobel Lennart (May 18, 1915 – January 25, 1971) was an American screenwriter and playwright. She is best known for writing the book for the Broadway theatre, Broadway musical ''Funny Girl (musical), Funny Girl'' which premiered in 1964, althou ...
(1915-1971), American screenwriter and playwright *
Isobel Redmond Isobel Mary Redmond (born 8 April 1953) is a former Australian politician who was the member for the electoral district of Heysen in the House of Assembly from 2002 to 2018. She was the parliamentary leader of the South Australian Division of ...
(born 1953), Australian politician *
Isobel Waller-Bridge __NOTOC__ Isobel Noeline Waller-Bridge (born 23 April 1984) is an English composer who is known for her scores for film, television, and theatre, along with her works for electronic music and contemporary classical music. Early life and educat ...
(born 1984), British composer *
Isobel Yeung Isobel Yeung (born 1986) is a British long-form documentary senior correspondent. She has covered a variety of stories concerning major global issues such as ongoing world conflicts, terrorism, mass detention, and genocide. She has also report ...
(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 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 (18 ...
, a fictional character from the American ''
The Vampire Diaries ''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural teen drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson (screenwriter), Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the The Vampire Diaries (novel series), book series ...
'' * ''Isobel'' (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1850 to 1857, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels {{given name Scottish feminine given names Feminine given names