Name Ysobel Gender Feminine Usage Scottish (Rare, Archaic), Theatre Edit Status Status Meaning & History Variant of ISOBEL. Ysobel Stewart of Fasnacloich (1882-1968) co-founded the 'Scottish Country Dance Society' in 1923.'Ysobel' was also the title of an opera by Pietro Mascagni, however, by 1911 the title seems to have been changed to 'ISABEAU'.