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Idabell
How to Pronounce Idabell
Pronounced EYE-duh-bel /ˈaɪ.də.bɛl/Medium
Meaning: Idabell joins Ida, a Germanic name usually traced to a root meaning 'work,' 'labor' or 'industrious,' with Bell, from a surname or French belle, 'beautiful.' The pairing follows the early twentieth century fashion for run-together double names and also recalls the Oklahoma town of Idabel. Its meaning blends Ida's diligence with Bell's beauty.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Idabell is a warm early-1900s compound of Ida, 'work' or 'industrious,' and Bell or belle, 'beautiful.' It follows the era's love of joined double names and shares its sound with the town of Idabel. We keep both meanings, reading it as that genuine blend rather than a single-root name.
Idabell belongs to the early twentieth century, cresting in tiny numbers around the late nineteen-tens and gone by the nineteen-thirties as such compounds fell from fashion. A girl named Idabell then would be well over a hundred today, marking it a great-grandmother-era name.
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What does the name Idabell mean?
It joins Ida (Germanic, 'work' or 'labor') and Bell or belle ('beautiful').
How do you pronounce Idabell?
It is said EYE-duh-bel /ˈaɪ.də.bɛl/ - three syllables, stress on the first.
Is Idabell a boy or girl name?
Idabell is used as a girls' name.
How popular is Idabell?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fourteen girls a year even at its peak in the late nineteen-tens, and never common.