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.