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Doesn't it depend on which language you're using? Nobody would say 'PAris' in a French sentence except as a joke, just as saying 'pa-Ree' in an English sentence would be, let's say, odd. And if you knew that an Isabel was Spanish, then you'd ask which pronunciation she preferred: I know an Austrian woman who answers to both Ruth (rooth) and Rut (Root), but she says it divides pretty consistently according to whether English or German is being spoken.

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But, as far as OP's question is concerned, if she wants to use Elsa as a nn, then Isabel (with a Z sound) seems like the only reasonable route to take.