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Idabelle
How to Pronounce Idabelle
Pronounced EYE-duh-bel /ΛaΙͺ.dΙ.bΙl/Medium
Meaning: Idabelle is a compound name joining Ida β from the Germanic id, 'work' or 'labor' β with Belle, the French for 'beautiful'. It reads as 'Ida the beautiful', one of many double names American parents fused into a single given name in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Idabelle fuses Ida, a Germanic name meaning 'work' or 'labor' popularized in the Victorian era, with the French Belle, 'beautiful', a favorite ending for such blends. The compound gave parents a longer, more ornamental name while keeping two familiar pieces.
It stayed modest β a few dozen girls a year at most around its faint early-century peak β though the spelling lingers in the record surprisingly late. It reads as sweetly old-fashioned and has not revived, even as -belle endings return in names like Isabelle and Annabelle.
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What does the name Idabelle mean?
Idabelle is a compound of Ida ('work, labor') and Belle ('beautiful').
How do you pronounce Idabelle?
It's said EYE-duh-bel /ΛaΙͺ.dΙ.bΙl/ β three syllables, stress on the first.
Is Idabelle a boy or girl name?
Idabelle is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Idabelle?
Idabelle is rare, a vintage compound name most seen in the early twentieth century.