girl's name

Yseult

  • Origin French
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 628

Yseult is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 15 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Yseult is a name of French origin.
  • Peaked in France in 2010, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 39,300 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1923.

Yseult over time

Births per decade in France, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

140
'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Yseult by decade in France
Decade Births
1920s 5
1930s 20
1940s 20
1950s 10
1960s 35
1970s 65
1980s 55
1990s 80
2000s 140
2010s 120
2020s (to 2025) 75

How popular is Yseult?

In 2025, Yseult was given to 15 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Yseult is used

France #1,820 15 in 2025
England & Wales #4,200 3 in 1999

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Yseult

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Yseult also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Yseult over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Yseult in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Danish
Isolde
French
Iseult
German
Isolde
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Isilde Esyllt

Sibling names for Yseult

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Yseult — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Yseult

How popular is the name Yseult?

In 2025, Yseult was given to 15 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Yseult a girl's or a boy's name?

Yseult is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Yseult most popular?

Yseult peaked in 2010, when 20 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Yseult a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Yseult currently ranks #1,820 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.