[Opinions] I second Isabelle, but...
in reply to a message by humblebee
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.
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.