Isabella
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin popular in the 2000s. From Latin Isabella. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1564.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Isabella (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Isabella has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 199 |
| 1999 | 203 |
| 2000 | 196 |
| 2001 | 212 |
| 2002 | 232 |
| 2003 | 238 |
| 2004 | 219 |
| 2005 | 219 |
| 2006 | 271 |
| 2007 | 310 |
| 2008 | 311 |
| 2009 | 331 |
| 2010 | 390 |
| 2011 | 337 |
| 2012 | 364 |
| 2013 | 316 |
| 2014 | 261 |
| 2015 | 248 |
| 2016 | 261 |
| 2017 | 227 |
| 2018 | 215 |
| 2019 | 210 |
| 2020 | 176 |
| 2021 | 167 |
| 2022 | 151 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,194 |
| 2000 | 3,397 |
| 2001 | 3,631 |
| 2002 | 3,867 |
| 2003 | 4,119 |
| 2004 | 4,332 |
| 2005 | 4,552 |
| 2006 | 4,837 |
| 2007 | 5,139 |
| 2008 | 5,482 |
| 2009 | 5,840 |
| 2010 | 6,212 |
| 2011 | 6,536 |
| 2012 | 6,907 |
| 2013 | 7,211 |
| 2014 | 7,478 |
| 2015 | 7,753 |
| 2016 | 8,024 |
| 2017 | 8,258 |
| 2018 | 8,489 |
| 2019 | 8,723 |
| 2020 | 8,912 |
Isabella in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Isabella.Hi! My name is Isabella.
- Isabella har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Isabella has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Isabellas mamma är lärare.Isabella's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Isabellas mamma is Isabella's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Isabella
How do you pronounce Isabella in Swedish?
In IPA, Isabella is /ˌɪsa²bɛla/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Isabella mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin popular in the 2000s. From Latin Isabella. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1564.
How popular is Isabella in Sweden?
151 babies were named Isabella in 2022. In 2020, 8,912 people in Sweden had Isabella as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2010 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.