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If I heard this, my initial thought would be my grandmother, who I loved dearly but was excellent at body-shaming her grandchildren. I imagine this Isabel character was chubby as a child and Belly became a nickname based on that.

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Ew.

Love Isabel, but belly is just terrible.

Feeeed theeee treeeee....

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Sorry, no one will get that reference, lol.

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I think Belly is a cute NN for Isabella. Rock on.

My niece Annabelle gets called Belly sometimes. Or she used to. I used to call her Bella and she made me quit but Belly was fine for some reason.

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It's OK as a childish nickname! Weird as a name to go by...

A friend once had a dog named Belle and I always called her "Belly", because I seem to love making nicknames that have that long "eeee" sound attached. So it's cute...for a dog. It is pretty silly too, yeah. I wouldn't say it's ugly though.

Ugly and silly. It might be okay as a joke, but not to be used seriously.

The Summer I Turned Pretty. I read the books years ago and thought it was weird and would make me self-conscious. I could understand the boys doing it as a way of teasing her, but I don’t understand why the adults use it.

Super ugly :( it might be cute if Belly didn’t have the meaning that it does. My dog’s name is Bellamy and people sometimes call him Belly, it’s cute ish on an animal but not a person.

I imagine that would be an unpleasant nickname for a girl or woman to have because it sounds like they have a huge stomach and are synonymous with that.

Cheap and nasty.

I know an Isabella who goes by Bella. This and Belle are both pretty as nicknames or full names, but Belly only works on a very small child or a puppy.

I like Bell as a nickname but Belly does not work in English. However, I do like the name Beli in its own right because it's not in English usage where it would seem kind of childish.

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It's different though. That's for sure. Her parents must not like Izzy which I guess is understandable.

I don't like Isabel/le much in the first place, and Belly is a terrible nn. Like a fat kid or someone who is always burping and passing gas.

That’s horrible, especially when Isa and Bella are right there.

Silly. Very silly. I heard of this as well with regards to the variant Isabella. Imagine if poor Isabel goes through a chunky phase at school and everyone calls her "Jelly Belly" I would be beyond mortified. No Bueno for me.