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hey that's my first name, spelt like that too - it's origins are celtic. It comes from the legend of tristam and ysolda which was coopted into the arthurian cycle. there is also and opera (by wagner i think) about tristan and isolde (which is now the most common spelling because of said opera)

from the story tristan and isolde. known to mean ruler of ice. also, sp yseult.

Nope, it's not from the Bible. Ysolda is a var. of the Old German name Isolde. Alternatively, it can be derived from the Celtic name Esyllt.