Isabelle
Meaning and origin
From French Isabelle. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1895.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Isabelle (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Isabelle has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2012. 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 | 222 |
| 1999 | 209 |
| 2000 | 243 |
| 2001 | 227 |
| 2002 | 254 |
| 2003 | 264 |
| 2004 | 242 |
| 2005 | 283 |
| 2006 | 323 |
| 2007 | 293 |
| 2008 | 331 |
| 2009 | 322 |
| 2010 | 310 |
| 2011 | 351 |
| 2012 | 359 |
| 2013 | 299 |
| 2014 | 323 |
| 2015 | 312 |
| 2016 | 270 |
| 2017 | 249 |
| 2018 | 249 |
| 2019 | 205 |
| 2020 | 174 |
| 2021 | 141 |
| 2022 | 150 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 4,044 |
| 2000 | 4,302 |
| 2001 | 4,544 |
| 2002 | 4,790 |
| 2003 | 5,054 |
| 2004 | 5,299 |
| 2005 | 5,578 |
| 2006 | 5,899 |
| 2007 | 6,182 |
| 2008 | 6,541 |
| 2009 | 6,869 |
| 2010 | 7,197 |
| 2011 | 7,544 |
| 2012 | 7,919 |
| 2013 | 8,199 |
| 2014 | 8,503 |
| 2015 | 8,830 |
| 2016 | 9,113 |
| 2017 | 9,367 |
| 2018 | 9,623 |
| 2019 | 9,823 |
| 2020 | 9,997 |
Isabelle in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Isabelle.Hi! My name is Isabelle.
- Isabelle har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Isabelle has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Isabelle i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Isabelle this afternoon.
- Isabelles mamma är lärare.Isabelle's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Isabelles mamma is Isabelle's mum.
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Questions about Isabelle
How do you pronounce Isabelle in Swedish?
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What does the name Isabelle mean?
From French Isabelle. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1895.
How popular is Isabelle in Sweden?
150 babies were named Isabelle in 2022. In 2020, 9,997 people in Sweden had Isabelle as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2012 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.