Message: "Annabella" - Behind the Name

Annabella

by Lily (Destry)

7/9/2012, 7:31 PM

Do you think Bella needs a full name? I don't because it's also an Italian word and doesn't sound cutesy. Anyway, I liked Annabella for a while and wonder whether people prefer Annabella nn Bella or just Bella. Both names have very different colors and images, and I like the ones of Bella better.

Isabella isn't really an option, I never cared for it much. I like Belle and Annabel but wouldn't really use Bella as a nickname for either. If I had a Belle or Annabel I'd just call them by their full names.

Anabella maybe looks a little less heavy and more elegant than Annabella. But also more incomplete. Opinions?

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- Gracie (YMPvt)

7/10/2012, 8:40 AM

I think Bella is a stand alone name and I prefer just Bella to Annabella. I like Annabel/Annabelle, but that a on the end just doesn't do it for me. If you like Bella I'd just go with Bella.

- humblebee

7/10/2012, 7:13 AM

Bella is best just on its own.

I really dislike Annabella no matter how it's spelled. It's everything I hate about Annabelle, only more.

- miss_smiley

7/10/2012, 4:53 AM

I agree with everything you say really!

Anabella does look less heavy, but also looks as though an "n" is missing.

I'd go with Bella as a full name, especially if she's always going to be called that.

- Pink Princess

7/10/2012, 4:10 AM

I don't think Bella needs a full name, but Annabella makes a nice full name if you do want one. Annabella looks so much nicer to me and so much more complete than Anabella. All in all I prefer just Bella.

- abbasdaughter +2

7/10/2012, 2:37 AM

Bella's ok on its own, though Asian ESL students are the group that first come to mind when it comes to picturing that name on anyone.
Annabella feels a little too frilly for my liking.

- Lily (Destry) +1

7/10/2012, 5:45 AM

Really? I worked with Asia ESL students and they are usually called Lily or Amy :P Something cute that ends in an -ee sound :)

- abbasdaughter

7/10/2012, 7:21 PM

May have changed over the years... Encountered a couple Taiwanese gals who chose Fancy... Did know a Bella or 2... a Christine... Taiwanese often choose things like Daniel, Matthew or Christopher for boys.
My parents had a Taiwanese guy who went by David and a gal who went by Eleanor. I recall a Gloria or 2 from HK. Most Jpns. go by their real name, so when I did most of my ESL related stuff in the west was back in the 90s.

- insane romantic

7/10/2012, 1:40 AM

I prefer Annabel - Annabella is just a bit too frilly. As for Bella, I find it a bit too cutesey to be used as a full name.

Of all the ones you mentioned, I'd go for Annabel called by her full name.

- Pie

7/10/2012, 12:40 AM

My sister's dog is Bella and it's not short for anything. :p
Srsly, it's perfectly fine on its own - as you said, it's an Italian word, and imo it's infinitely better than clunky Annabella.

- Just Jonquil

7/10/2012, 12:09 AM

Bella is fine alone.
I like Arabella and Isabella but Annabella is a tad too sugary for my taste.

- queenv (guest)

7/9/2012, 11:00 PM

I prefer Annabella to Bella, and Annabelle to either of them, and Annabel the most, but I don't think that Bella needs a full name. You should just use Bella if that's what you prefer.

- Alcyone

7/9/2012, 8:32 PM

I find Bella to be too cutesy and flimsy. It's definitely lacking on its own. It's better as a nickname for Annabella.

I prefer Annabel / Annabelle to Annabella. Annabella is too frilly for me, but it's not a bad name.

- RoxStar

7/9/2012, 7:45 PM

Bella is very popular both as a full name and a nickname. Personally I can't stand it no matter how it's used, I don't even like it on a dog, and it's very popular on dogs too.

Annabella reminds me of that awful eighties song by Bow Wow Wow, lead singer Annabella, "I Want Candy."

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