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It's my favorite nn for Isabel, and everybody forgets about it.

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I don't think Ibbie would work for Isadora because there's no b in it. But It could work for maybe... Ibolya, Ingeborg?

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OH unconventional nns are my specialty!

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I'd use these in real life:
Margaret - May, Maymie (or Mae, Maemie, Mamie... not sure on spellings)
James - Jem, Jemmy
Anne - Nan, Nanny, Nanw (Welsh)
Elizabeth - Nell

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Some others I like:
Abraham - Bram
Ab- boy's names - Abbey
Alexander - Sasha
Amelia - Millie
Augusta - Aggie
Bartholomew - Tolly
Bridget - Bridie, which is unconventional these days in the US
Caroline - Caddie, Caro
Christopher - Kit, Christy, Topher
Dorothy - Dodie
Ed- boy's names - Teddy
Edwin - Wynn
Emanuel - Manley
Genevieve - Ginny, Evie
Georgina - Nina
Gregory - Rory
Harriet - Harryo
Henrietta - Nettie, Ettie, Etta
Honora - Nonie
Imogen - Idgie
John - Jack, which is very rare these days (although I do know one)
Josephine - Sephie, Posy
Katherine - Kitty
Lawrence - Lawry, Law (someone mentioned this idea here a bit ago and I like it)
Lillian, Liesel - Lally
Louise / Louisa - Lilou
Mackenzie (m) - Mike
Magdalene - Magda
Martha - Marty
Nigel - Nye
Oliver - Noll
Ramona - Romy
Robert - Robin
Tallulah - Tully
Theodore - Rory

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And there are also some even more unconventional names that I like unconventional nns for, but I don't know of that would count when the name itself is so uncommon. Like...
Euphemia - Eppie or Femie
Fionnuala - Fia
Keziah - Kizzie
Emlyn, Llewellyn - Lyn
Gwilym - Gwili
Magnolia - Nola