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Help[Opinions] Isabinda
Over on the Name Facts board, someone posted asking about Isabinda, a name which has been in his family for generations. It evidently was created by the playwright Susanna Centlivre for a character in a play back in 1709, probably by blending Isabella with the -inda ending, which was very popular at that time with poets and playwrights in England.
Do you think Isabinda would be a good alternative today for someone who liked Isabella but is put off by that name's present huge popularity? Or is -inda just too unfashionable an ending for Isabinda to work at the present time?
Do you think Isabinda would be a good alternative today for someone who liked Isabella but is put off by that name's present huge popularity? Or is -inda just too unfashionable an ending for Isabinda to work at the present time?
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It sounds too awkward & made-up IMO.
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I think the name is interesting, though I prefer Isadora as an alternative to Isabella. Unfortunatly, I don't think the -inda ending is popular enough currently for the name to work. After reading popularity lists, I feel that the most popular female endings of the 21st century are -issa and -iya. Perhaps Isabissa or Isabiya could work (not likely!). ;)
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I like -inda names (well, I like Linda--Belinda's icky to the max), but Isabinda sounds really overwrought to me. I'd really rather not see it on anyone.
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It looks super stupid to me.
It looks like a pet name of Isabella...I can't imagine using it and I would laugh if someone did.
It looks like a pet name of Isabella...I can't imagine using it and I would laugh if someone did.
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Tritto. I actually giggled when I saw it.
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Ditto
It just sounds strange.
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I don't think that many American parents would actually use this name since -inda is not fashionable right now and it might seem too unusual to them. People in other countries might be more accepting of Isabinda though. I think that Arabella and Isadora are better candidates for usage today in the U.S. since they are well known but less common than Isabella.
This message was edited 11/15/2006, 5:51 PM
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I agree
The -inda ending doesn't seem very catchy to me. Personally I know only one Melinda and one Linda my age (early twenties), if that suggests anything about its popularlity in my area in my generation. I think moving to other -bella names would be a more popular alternative.
Once I had a brilliant flash that Isavella might be a more tolerable alternative to Isabella, since the "v" in place of "b" thing isn't unheard of (Elizaveta still sounds 'normal' to me compared with the more usual Elizabeth, for example). It's still not my favorite, but I'm really not a fan of -bel and -bella names.
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The -inda ending doesn't seem very catchy to me. Personally I know only one Melinda and one Linda my age (early twenties), if that suggests anything about its popularlity in my area in my generation. I think moving to other -bella names would be a more popular alternative.
Once I had a brilliant flash that Isavella might be a more tolerable alternative to Isabella, since the "v" in place of "b" thing isn't unheard of (Elizaveta still sounds 'normal' to me compared with the more usual Elizabeth, for example). It's still not my favorite, but I'm really not a fan of -bel and -bella names.
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This message was edited 11/15/2006, 7:28 PM
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