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I like both Isabel and Isabelle. They’re equally nice to me. I don’t think they’ve lost their charm.

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I don’t like Isobel. It looks like a typo.

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I prefer Isabel to Annabel. It feels less frilly.

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I do like Isabeau! It has a very poetic charm.

Isabella and Bella are a bit too frilly for my taste, but I’ve always liked Isabelle and Isabel.

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Lately, I’ve come to prefer Isabelle of all the options you mention but I used to prefer Isabel (which I still like).

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Isobel and Isabeau don’t do anything for me and I strongly dislike Annabel/le/la.

I prefer Isobel

Isobel is my favourite spelling. One of my dad’s great-grandmothers was an Isobel.

Isabel is fine, and Isobel is much nicer. Neither would shorten naturally to Bella, so they're safe.

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Isabelle is fine in France; in an English context, it just looks needlessly frilly and fussy.

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I prefer Isobel; it looks more distinctive I suppose.

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Isobel. I like Annabel, but not as much.

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I'd never use Isabeau, but its wonderful eccentricity really appeals to me. And I know a very nice Isabeau, which always helps.

I like Isabel (sweet and friendly) and Isobel (a little more mysterious and medieval-looking).

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Isabelle and Isabella are both frilly and make me think of royalty (or just some kid whose parents like frilly names). I don't think they're as approachable as the simpler versions.

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Annabel is nice but I prefer Isabel because the "bell" part seems more intentional in Annabel. Like Isabel is just a whole name and Isa is too short for a proper first name, but Annabel could have been Anna and it's obviously had a bell put on the end deliberately. Bel/bell is my least favorite part of these names so I don't want it to be emphasized.

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Isabeau is interesting and I like seeing it, but it is a little awkward to say. It reminds me too much of "Beau" as a given name which I don't like at all, but I guess I'd rather meet an Isabeau than an Isabella.

Isabelle and Isabella over every other variant. Can't choose between those two though.

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I don't think so, only I'm not fond of Bella. I prefer the Izzy lol

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Annabelle is the cow version of Fido to me, sorry.

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I don't like Isabeau, don't like the sound of beau. I also don't like how it looks, I prefer just "Bo" over "Beau"

I don't think they've lost their charm. Isabel or Isobel in Scottish. Annabel and Arabella are nice too. Isabeau is nice

I think a little charm has been lost due to Isabella fever. I still love Isabel (my preferred spelling) a lot, though. It's just strikingly beautiful, imo.

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If Isabel(la) wasn't so overused, I'd name my first daughter Isabel without a doubt. As it is, I might go for Annabel or something else. I love Annabel but it doesn't have quite the level of elegance for me that Isabel does.

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When I was a teenager, I was desperate for two daughters named Isabel and Anna, and if there had been a third, Grace. At 35, I still like this set. (The Anna and Grace as sisters thing doesn't bother me, though I probably wouldn't use Grace these days anyway.)

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Isabelle is still pretty, but it's overly elaborate. Isobel is nice, but as far as I know, it doesn't really happen in the US. Isabeau doesn't do it for me.

My favorite form of this name has to be Isabela. I personally don't like Annabel because i grew up with a really creepy kids' cartoon title Anabel that gave me nightmares XD I get that Isabelle and Isabel might sound the same in some languages, but the "e" in Isabelle would get pronounced in my language (Think Isabelly), and that's why i'm not a big fan of "-elle" names. I really like Isobel, though.

This message was edited 10/6/2020, 5:09 PM

I like Isabel and Isobel. A lovely name, still. But I do think the bloom has gone off the rose, unfortunately. I do like both Annabel and Isabeau.