Fun Facts About the Name Idabell
- 148 babies named Idabell: U.S. records list 148 babies given the name Idabell from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Idabell Mean?
Idabell is a feminine compound name built from two familiar names, Ida and Belle. The first element comes from the Germanic name Ida, whose root is usually connected to Old Norse íð, "work, labor, deed." Because of that root, Ida is commonly glossed as "industrious" or "hardworking." The second element is the French word belle, "beautiful," which entered English as a name in its own right and also appears as the ending -bell or -belle in other feminine names. Read literally, the two parts give "beautiful work"; read as a customary interpretation, the name suggests "industrious and beautiful." Spelling variants include Idabelle and Idabel.
Idabell Name History & Origins
The name Ida has a long separate history. It was borne by Ida of Bernicia, a sixth-century king in northern Britain, and by Saint Ida of Herzfeld in the eighth century, and it remained in use in England through the Middle Ages before being revived in the nineteenth century. The element belle had likewise been established in English names for centuries, often as the ending of names such as Isabel and Annabel.
Idabell belongs to a common nineteenth-century English-language pattern in which two existing given names are joined to make a new feminine name. The joined forms Idabelle and Idabell are both attested in the English-speaking world by the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The spelling Idabel is also the name of a town in Oklahoma.
How Popular is the Name Idabell?
Idabell has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1918. Its best rank was #2,434 in 1918.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | #2,726 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1930 | #4,848 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1929 | #4,892 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1928 | #2,864 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1927 | #3,408 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1926 | #4,534 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1924 | #2,594 | 14 | 0.0011% |
| 1923 | #2,807 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1922 | #5,351 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1921 | #4,741 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #3,447 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1919 | #2,888 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1918 | #2,434 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1917 | #4,313 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1916 | #3,705 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1914 | #3,878 | 5 | 0.0007% |
| 1913 | #2,664 | 7 | 0.0011% |
| 1910 | #2,575 | 5 | 0.0013% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Idabell Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You like to use the pen or the needle (writing, fashion design etc). You are loving, compassionate, intuitive and humanitarian. Runs of luck, either good or bad, follow you. You are sympathetic, but at times might be touchy and oversensitive. You may have a gift for writing. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
You desire to inspire and lead, to control other's affairs. You are giving, courageous and bold, action oriented,energetic and strong willed. You want to make a difference in the world, and this attitude often attracts you to cultural interests, politics, social issues, and the cultivation of your creative talents.
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