Isabella

Isabella is a Latinate form of Elizabeth, which derives from the Hebrew name Elisheba, meaning my God is an oath or my God is abundance. The name spread widely through medieval Europe carried by several influential queens, including Isabella I of Castile, whose patronage funded Christopher Columbus's voyages, and multiple queens of France, England, and Portugal. It became particularly fashionable in the English-speaking world and across Scandinavia as an elegant elaboration of the plainer Isabel. Closely related forms include Isabel, Isabelle, Ysabel, and the Icelandic Ísabella.