The asteroid was discovered on December 30, 1991, and named after Belle van Zuylen, better known as Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805), a Dutch-born French novelist.
Circa 1794, Legrand de Sérant departed for Bern, where he produced a variety of drawings for local notabilities and illustrated a novel by Isabelle de Charrière.
Isabelle Huppert | Isabelle Adjani | Isabelle Dinoire | Isabelle | Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza | Isabelle Fuhrman | Isabelle de Charrière | Isabelle Caro | Isabelle Brasseur | Isabelle Boulay | Isabelle Tyler | Isabelle Stead | Isabelle Holland | Isabelle Flory | Isabelle Corey | Isabelle Carré | Isabelle Autissier | Isabelle Antena | Isabelle Ameganvi | Isabelle Aboulker's | Isabelle Aboulker | ISABELLE | Henri Charrière |