Ysabel
Ysabel is a fantasy novel by Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay. It was first published in January 2007 by Viking Canada. It is Kay's first urban fantasy and the first book set outside his Europe-styled fantasy milieux since the publication of his first three novels in the 1980s. Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.
Meaning & Origin of Ysabel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ysabel is a fantasy novel by Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay. It was first published in January 2007 by Viking Canada. It is Kay's first urban fantasy and the first book set outside his Europe-styled fantasy milieux since the publication of his first three novels in the 1980s. Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.
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The Story of Ysabel
As a girl name
Ysabel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1897, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 51 Ysabels were born — ranking #2,651 that year. As of 2026, Ysabel ranks #8,941 for girls with 10 births, falling sharply (-50%). In total, more than 1K Ysabels have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Ysabel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1915, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1924, when 13 Ysabels were born — ranking #2,347 that year. As of 2026, Ysabel ranks #3,558 for boys with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 225 Ysabels have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Ysabel
Ysabel is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1897 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Ysabel's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #1,502. Use the chart and map above to compare Ysabel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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