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Isolde
Malvina Garrigues , Portuguese operatic soprano and first person in the role of Isolde in Richard Wagner's
Tristan und Isolde (1865)
Pronunciation Gender Female Language(s)
German
Name day 23 August (Germany)
[1] Meaning īs ("
ice ") hiltja ("
battle ").Variant form(s)
Iseult , Yseult, Ysolt, Isode, Isoude, Iseut, Iosóid, Esyllt,
Isola , Isolda, Isotta,
Izolda Derived
Old High German or
Brythonic
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]
People bearing the name Isolde include:
Isolde Ahlgrimm (1914–1995), Austrian harpsichordist and fortepianist
Isolde Barth (born 1948), German actress
Isolde Eisele (born 1953), German rower
Isolde Frölian (1908–1957), German gymnast
Isolde Hausser (1889–1951), German physicist
Isolde Kostner (born 1975), Italian alpine skier
Isolde Kurz (1853–1944), German poet and short story writer
Isolde Lasoen (born 1979), Belgian musician and singer
Isolde Liebherr (born 1949), German-Swiss businessperson and entrepreneur
Isolde Menges (1893–1976), English violinist
Isolde Ries (born 1956), German politician
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ISBN
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