# Iseult (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/iseult/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “she who is gazed upon”, “ice”, “battle” |
| Pronunciation | /ɪˈsuːlt/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Isolde |
| US babies named this | 5 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 18, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Old French, the name of the queen who fell in love with Tristan in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, perhaps from Celtic, of uncertain meaning, possibly Proto-Brythonic *Adsiltia (“she who is gazed upon”); compare Welsh syllu and Irish súil. Otherwise from Germanic, equivalent to Old High German is (“ice”) + hiltja (“battle”) (from Proto-West Germanic *hildi).

## What it means

Iseult is grouped under warrior.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 17,263 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 伊索尔德
- Dutch: Isolde
- Esperanto: Izolda
- French: Iseult, Yseult
- German: Isolde
- Greek: Ιζόλδη
- Irish: Iosóid
- Italian: Isotta
- Japanese: イゾルデ
- Polish: Izolda
- Romanian: Isolda
- Spanish: Isolda, Iselda, Iseo
- Welsh: Esyllt

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.