Isabella — Cat Name Popularity, Rank & Trend

Isabella's popularity trend

Isabella's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2019.

Cats in our data

across 3 places

Popularity rank

#203

of 693 girl cat names

5-year rank move

+478

2014 → 2019

Gender split

100% female

100% female0% male

Gender split comes from 33 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Isabella mean?

/ɪzəˈbɛlə/4 syllablesOrigin: Hebrew

Isabella is a Spanish and Italian form of Isabel, which comes from the Hebrew name Elisheva, meaning "my God is an oath."

It's an elegant, romantic name with a timeless quality. Isabella suits a pet with a graceful, refined presence.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Isabella shows up

Cats named Isabella per place, against that place's total.

Cat names like Isabella