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Help[Opinions] Re: Isobel or Isabella
in reply to a message by Mareasi
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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