Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare
'izevelIn Hebrew: איזבל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אִיזֶבֶלRomanization: 'izével
'izevel (Hebrew: איזבל) is a girl's name of international origin. 847 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1968, with 30 babies.
- People in Israel
- 847
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1968
- 30 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying 'izevel
In Hebrew letters the name is איזבל, read right to left. 'izevel is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "'izével" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, equivalent to English Jezebel
- Jezebel (the Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings & 2 Kings), and who incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to idols)
From אִי and זְבֻל. Sense Uncertain. Seemingly "not exalted" or "not husbanded" in the sense of shame or lawlessness, likely an intentional alteration of a Punic name attested 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤀𐤆𐤁𐤋 (b‘l’zbl), בעלאזבל ('Ba'al is exalted'.) Formerly it was thought to bear the sense, through "not husbanded", of "chaste" or "modest". The European name Isabel is similar in transliteration but is unrelated. An alternative…
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
'izevel by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about 'izevel
How do you write 'izevel in Hebrew?
'izevel is written איזבל in Hebrew (with vowel points: אִיזֶבֶל). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "'izével".
How many people in Israel are named 'izevel?
847 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name איזבל: 847 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is 'izevel a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named איזבל are women.
What does the name 'izevel mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, equivalent to English Jezebel" Etymology: From אִי and זְבֻל. Sense Uncertain. Seemingly "not exalted" or "not husbanded" in the sense of shame or lawlessness, likely an intentional alteration of a Punic name attested 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤀𐤆𐤁𐤋 (b‘l’zbl), בעלאזבל ('Ba'al is exalted'.) Formerly it was thought to bear the sense, through "not husbanded", of "chaste" or "modest". The European name Isabel is similar in transliteration but is unrelated. An alternative…
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.