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Help[Opinions] Re: Isobel
in reply to a message by zebra_cakes
I like Isobel very much in any position at all.
At university I knew two inseparable friends - ditzy, pretty Drama students - who were both Isabel. For convenience, they were known as Bella and Iz. I prefer Bella to Belle - less bicycle - but either would do. And I don't find Izzy unfeminine - can't imagine a male Izzy, and wouldn't it depend on the owner? A very girly Isobel would swing it, and a tomboy Isobel would make anything seem butch and tough ...
I've also heard of Tibbie as a nn for Isobel, Isabella etc - allegedly Scottish - but I have no direct evidence. I do know an Isobel who says she was known as Iso (pronounced Izo) at home, but all her friends plus husband use Isobel.
I dislike Charlotte and find it both boring and unpleasant; and I don't like the sound of it. So, yeah, use it in the middle if anywhere! If it were me, I'd much rather go for Caroline or even Carl(ott)a. Caroline, especially, is far enough away from Charles to go unnoticed - except on these boards, of course!
Isobel Linnea is tricky to pronounce. OK, one doesn't do it often. Jessamine sounds better but it's a bit too frilly for me. Isobel Mary, Isobel Dorothy or Dorothea, Isobel Anne, Isobel Fiona (good rhythm but perhaps aggressively Scottish?), Isobel Susan or Suzanne, Isobel Ruth - anything there that appeals to you?
At university I knew two inseparable friends - ditzy, pretty Drama students - who were both Isabel. For convenience, they were known as Bella and Iz. I prefer Bella to Belle - less bicycle - but either would do. And I don't find Izzy unfeminine - can't imagine a male Izzy, and wouldn't it depend on the owner? A very girly Isobel would swing it, and a tomboy Isobel would make anything seem butch and tough ...
I've also heard of Tibbie as a nn for Isobel, Isabella etc - allegedly Scottish - but I have no direct evidence. I do know an Isobel who says she was known as Iso (pronounced Izo) at home, but all her friends plus husband use Isobel.
I dislike Charlotte and find it both boring and unpleasant; and I don't like the sound of it. So, yeah, use it in the middle if anywhere! If it were me, I'd much rather go for Caroline or even Carl(ott)a. Caroline, especially, is far enough away from Charles to go unnoticed - except on these boards, of course!
Isobel Linnea is tricky to pronounce. OK, one doesn't do it often. Jessamine sounds better but it's a bit too frilly for me. Isobel Mary, Isobel Dorothy or Dorothea, Isobel Anne, Isobel Fiona (good rhythm but perhaps aggressively Scottish?), Isobel Susan or Suzanne, Isobel Ruth - anything there that appeals to you?
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