Gender Feminine
Usage German, Arthurian Romance
Pronounced Pron. /i.ˈzɔl.də/(German) /ɪ.ˈsoʊl.də/(English) /ɪ.ˈzoʊl.də/(English) /ɪ.ˈsoʊld/(English) /ɪ.ˈzoʊld/(English) /i.zɔld/(French)
Meaning & History
German form of Iseult, appearing in the 13th-century German poem Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg. In 1865 the German composer Richard Wagner debuted his popular opera Tristan und Isolde and also used the name for his first daughter.