Isambard is a given name. It is Norman, of Germanic origin, meaning either "iron-bright" or "iron-axe". The first element comes from isarn meaning iron (or steel). The second element comes from either biart-r (bright, glorious) or from barđa (a broad axe). It was used by:

• Marc Isambard Brunel (1769–1849), French-born engineer

• Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), British engineer, son of Marc Isambard Brunel

• Isambard Owen (1850–1927), British physician and university academic, son of an employee of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

• Isambard Prince, a villain in seasons 3 and 4 of the television series Lexx

• Isambard Beerbohm Toad, a villain in the 1989 animated film A Tale of Two Toads

See also

• Isembard (disambiguation)

• Isambard Brunel (disambiguation)

• Isambart (died after 806), Frankish count

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