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A Dictionary of First Names, by the Oxford Press, says Isabel is a form of Elizabeth coined by "... deletion of the first syllable and alteration of the final consonant sound to one that can normally end a word in Spanish."

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Source: http://snipurl.com/ff78.

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EDIT: Fixed italics.

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Miranda

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Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.

This message was edited 6/7/2005, 11:51 AM