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Isolde

/ɪˈsoʊld(ə)/proper noun

Isolde is spelled I-S-O-L-D-E: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a proper noun, Isolde means “A female given name from the Celtic languages or the Germanic languages” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in Isolde?

Letters6: I-S-O-L-D-E
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is Isolde?

Isolde appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Isolde?

  • /ɪˈsoʊld(ə)/
  • /ɪˈzoʊld(ə)/

Isolde has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of Isolde

  • Iseult

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Isolde mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

proper noun

  1. 1

    A female given name from the Celtic languages or the Germanic languages.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does Isolde come from?

Borrowed from the German Isolde, German form of Iseult.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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