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Help[Opinions] Anabelle
I have posted responses (and some plain old posts) with the name Anabelle in combos, and a lot of the time I've gotten answers saying that I should just change Anabelle to Anabel, Annabel, or Annabelle. I've also gotten that Anabelle is too kre8ive. My question is that is there really a need to change a name just so that it looks right to other people? Does Anabelle seem fine to you, or is your mind set on Anabel/Annabel/Annabelle? Does changing one simple letter in the name make it kre8tive?
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If you use a familiar spelling, you save your child from having to explain, repeat, spell out loud etc for the rest of her life. That's worth it.
Ana is typically Portuguese; maybe also Spanish, I don't know. But -belle is typically French. Odd mixture.
Annabel is the original spelling; Annabelle, like Isabelle, is familiar in English - especially American English - but opinions are divided. Some think it's more feminine, others that it's too frilly and fussy. So that's a matter of choice. Anabelle just looks wrong to me: have you seen it used somewhere, or did you decide on it yourself?
Ana is typically Portuguese; maybe also Spanish, I don't know. But -belle is typically French. Odd mixture.
Annabel is the original spelling; Annabelle, like Isabelle, is familiar in English - especially American English - but opinions are divided. Some think it's more feminine, others that it's too frilly and fussy. So that's a matter of choice. Anabelle just looks wrong to me: have you seen it used somewhere, or did you decide on it yourself?
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I found Anabelle on a young girl who is of Spanish and French descent. The father is French, mother an immigrant from Spain. I think it's a lovely way to combine the two cultures in one name. The parents also pronounce it AH-na-bel instead of how you would typically pronounce Annabel
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I strongly prefer Annabel, myself. Do what you think is best, though.
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I actually prefer the way Anabelle looks over Anabel. I don't think that Anabelle looks kre8tive, but I prefer Annabel and Annabelle if you're planning on pronouncing it ANN-a-bell rather than AH-na-bell. Considering that I've heard Anabel pronounced AH-na-bell and ANN-a-bell, Anabelle looks like it might render AH-na-bell sometimes, but Anabelle is similar enough to Annabelle that people would probably usually pronounce it the same way as Annabelle and Annabel.
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I wouldn't say it's specifically kre8tive... just that in certain languages that would lean more towardes the belle ending, they'd tend to double the l and in Span., where they'd tend to just have 1 n, they'd also tend to have just 1 l and no extra e. Annabel also lookes weird to me. Anabel feels like somethings missing, but it's ok because that's prob'ly due to having more of a Fr. feel for "belle" names. Annabelle feels most complete.
The history of it also causes Anabel to make sense for sp.
The history of it also causes Anabel to make sense for sp.
This message was edited 8/15/2010, 1:29 AM
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I love Anabelle! It seems like a great spelling, but everyone has their opinions. I also really like Annabelle, don't really like Annabel/Anabel a whole lot. But again I really like this spelling the most too :)
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