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Help[Opinions] Isobel or Isabella
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Isobel. No contest.
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Isobel or Isabel
My boyfriend, who has very few opinions on names, agrees.
My boyfriend, who has very few opinions on names, agrees.
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I like both Isobel and Isabel enough to use, but I do prefer Isobel for its unexpected quirkiness. Isabella is inconveniently long, and there seems to be no etymological point in making it look Latin when it isn't.
Izzy is fine if you really need it. I knew two friends when I was a student, never found out their actual names but they went by Bella and Iz. So one can guess. I dislike Bella except on a family dog, but Iz(zy) is overwhelmingly human, which helps. But all the Isobel and Isabel people I know have used the full form, with one exception: a Scottish Isobel who is known to some as Iso (IZ oh).
Izzy is fine if you really need it. I knew two friends when I was a student, never found out their actual names but they went by Bella and Iz. So one can guess. I dislike Bella except on a family dog, but Iz(zy) is overwhelmingly human, which helps. But all the Isobel and Isabel people I know have used the full form, with one exception: a Scottish Isobel who is known to some as Iso (IZ oh).
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Isobel or Isabel
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Isobel all the way!
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Isobel, spelled Isabelle or Isabel
Isabella is too frilly for me, and Isobel reminds me of isotope, isosceles, and isolation, and I hate that it has the word "sob" spelled within. There's always this half-second where I have to remind myself that it sounds like Isabel.
Isabella is too frilly for me, and Isobel reminds me of isotope, isosceles, and isolation, and I hate that it has the word "sob" spelled within. There's always this half-second where I have to remind myself that it sounds like Isabel.
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I second Isabelle, but...
Isabel doesn't grab me, unfortunately. It's nicer than Isobel but not as nice as Isabelle.
I'm in two minds about Isobel, and Isabella is one of these few top-hundred names I've met or heard of or heard of in supermarkets... and there's tons. It's frilly and blah, and kind of detestable for that.
Isabelle is lovely. Seriously. But if we're doing a scale of lovely to meh, for me it's Isabelle, Isabel, Isobel and Isabella is off the scale on the meh end of things.
Oooh, wait, Isibeal and Sibeal? Both are kind of amazing and serpentine and cool! So, considering everything on BtN, my scale is Isabelle / Isibeal, Sibeal, Isabel, Isobel / Zabel, Ishbel, (begin the meh) Isabela... and then, at the far end of meh, Isabella.
Isabel doesn't grab me, unfortunately. It's nicer than Isobel but not as nice as Isabelle.
I'm in two minds about Isobel, and Isabella is one of these few top-hundred names I've met or heard of or heard of in supermarkets... and there's tons. It's frilly and blah, and kind of detestable for that.
Isabelle is lovely. Seriously. But if we're doing a scale of lovely to meh, for me it's Isabelle, Isabel, Isobel and Isabella is off the scale on the meh end of things.
Oooh, wait, Isibeal and Sibeal? Both are kind of amazing and serpentine and cool! So, considering everything on BtN, my scale is Isabelle / Isibeal, Sibeal, Isabel, Isobel / Zabel, Ishbel, (begin the meh) Isabela... and then, at the far end of meh, Isabella.
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Isobel
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Ditto on Isabella working better as an unexpected mn. It ends a combo with a flourish.
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Isobel
It looks much cleaner and mature. Isabella is too frilly for me, even though it has lots of medieval associations.
It looks much cleaner and mature. Isabella is too frilly for me, even though it has lots of medieval associations.
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I agree totally!
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Isobel.
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Isobel, definitely. I'm surprised that with Isabella's surge in popularity, Isobel still hasn't entered the Top 1000 in the states, so it would still be unique. Speaking of "unique," a GP of mine is the spelling Izabelle.
I've also recently discovered the Medieval Spanish form, Ysabel, which just looks cool. It also has a history, rather than just someone being "kre8yve."
I've also recently discovered the Medieval Spanish form, Ysabel, which just looks cool. It also has a history, rather than just someone being "kre8yve."
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