Isolde is a German feminine given name derived from either the Old High German words īs ("ice") and hiltja ("battle"), [2] or the Brythonic adsiltia ("she who is gazed upon").[3] The name was further popularized in Germany and German-speaking countries following the opera Tristan und Isolde composed by Richard Wagner between 1857 and 1859, and based on the 12th-century chivalric romance Tristan and Iseult.[4] Wagner subsequently had a daughter in 1865, who was named Isolde von Bülow.[5]

Isolde
Malvina Garrigues, Portuguese operatic soprano and first person in the role of Isolde in Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (1865)
Pronunciation/ˌɪˈzɒldəˌɪˈsɒldə/
GenderFemale
Language(s)German
Name day23 August (Germany)[1]
Origin
Meaningīs ("ice") hiltja ("battle").
Other names
Variant form(s)Iseult, Yseult, Ysolt, Isode, Isoude, Iseut, Iosóid, Esyllt, Isola, Isolda, Isotta, Izolda
DerivedOld High German or Brythonic

People bearing the name Isolde include:

References

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  1. ^ "Germany Name Day". NameDayCalendar. 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. ^ Mackensen, Lutz (27 June 1988). Das grosse Buch der Vornamen: Herkunft, Ableitungen und Verbreitung, Koseformen, berühmte Namensträger, Gedenk- und Namenstage, verklungene Vornamen. Ullstein. ISBN 9783548344256 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Bromwich, Rachel (November 15, 2014). Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain. University of Wales Press. ISBN 9781783161478 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ May, Thomas (2004). Decoding Wagner. Pompton Plains, New Jersey: Amadeus Press. ISBN 978-1-57467-097-4.
  5. ^ "Exklusiv-Interview: die unbekannte Wagner-Urenkelin" (in German). inFranken.de. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2020.