Re: Isela (origin)
I looked up ISELA in Seibicke's HDV*, because I vaguely remembered having read it before. No Isela, but ISELIN. This is a name of Germanic origin, containing the element ISEN, iron.
I can well imagine Iselin being changed to Isela in Spain or Italy (like Ferdinand to Fernando), but I have no proof for this.* Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch
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Isela (origin)  ·  edenrowe  ·  2/4/2010, 5:11 PM
Re: Isela (origin)  ·  Ailis  ·  2/5/2010, 2:34 AM
Re: Isela (origin)  ·  WillowBelle  ·  2/5/2010, 12:10 AM
Re: Isela (origin)  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  2/5/2010, 8:44 AM