I have been thinking about
Emma- and -emma names lately. I think it is a bit of a double standard that
Annabella is acceptable and
Marianna is acceptable while Emmabella is ridiculous. I find both of them far too sickeningly sweet for my taste, but I don't really have a problem with either of them. Just because people haven't used Emmabella as much as
Annabella, that doesn't mean it doesn't have the same etymological dignity.
Hmph.
I'd still prefer to see
Isabella over Emmabella or
Emma, though.