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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