Message: "Isolde" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Isolde

by Caroline (CarolineCarolina)

12/16/2013, 9:10 AM

do you like this name?

I always forget about it, but when I think about it I think it's beautiful.

Is Susannah Isolde terrible?

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- Anneza

12/17/2013, 1:35 AM

I like it too - a bit Wagnerian, but only a bit!

Susannah Isolde isn't terrible, but wouldn't Suzanne Isolde or Suzette Isolde be tidier?

- kudriashkajo (jodirae) +1

12/16/2013, 11:42 AM

Isolde just makes me think "is old", which isn't a name most women would embrace longterm. And in a combo it seems like a sentence: Susannah is old. :( Sorry.

I do really like Susannah though!

- mirfak

12/16/2013, 12:09 PM

ditto!

Just what I was going to say. The soundalike is as bad as Dorcas and worse than Beryl - and harder to overlook than Isabel, because for a person to be a bell is nonsense but "is old / older" could actually apply to a person.

Even with that aside, it just feels itchy and crooked to me ... I dislike it the same way that I dislike Edna and Agnes and even Ingrid.

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- CN

12/16/2013, 10:42 AM

I don't really like it. It's a sad name to me (probably because of Tristan and Isolde). I also worked with an Isolde and I kind of did not like her. She was lazy. But I remember thinking it was pretty awesome to meet an Isolde. I prefer Isolde as a middle name and Susannah Isolde is a pretty combo though I pronounce it with two syllables instead of three in that combo. It sounds better.

- Name Brain

12/16/2013, 10:13 AM

No, it's a beautiful combo! Isolde is so elegant and sweet.

- blaaaarg (blaaarg)

12/16/2013, 9:46 AM

I'd ban this name if I could! But only because of an "association."

- Astrid1992

12/16/2013, 9:27 AM

I do really like the name Isolde. I find the name beautiful and melodic.
I'm not a fan of Susannah, but Susannah Isolde does sound nice.

- Gracie (YMPvt)

12/16/2013, 9:23 AM

I like it okay. I think visually the Is Old thing does jump out a bit too much but I love the sound. I think it goes well with Susannah. They are very contrasting styles but I like how many different vowel sounds you get and they compliment and flow nicely.

- RoxStar +5

12/16/2013, 9:17 AM

I've never been sure how to pronounce Isolde. Iz-OLD-a? Eye-sold? Eye-Sold-A? Neither one of those sound nice at all to me. Susannah Isolde seems like it would be too hissy to sound good.

- Astrid1992 +2

12/16/2013, 9:31 AM

I pronounce it Is-OL-de.

- Caroline (CarolineCarolina) +1

12/16/2013, 9:39 AM

so three syllables, right?

I kind of like it better that way, although I've been saying it wrong in my head.

- blaaaarg (blaaarg)

12/16/2013, 9:46 AM

Yeah, three.

- Caroline (CarolineCarolina) +1

12/16/2013, 9:27 AM

I've been saying it "iz-old" but I'm not sure that's correct.

- RoxStar

12/16/2013, 12:11 PM

If that's right, or even if most people do say it like that, it's even more unattractive: Susannah Is Old.

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