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Help[Opinions] How boring is Isabella nn Bella?
I liked this name about 12 or so years ago, as a teenager when it was just about to explode in popularity and already quite popular.
Then, for a while, I couldn't see anymore what I had once liked. I was so incredibly bored by it and the Twilight hype didn't help.
Then I fell in love with Isabel and Isabelle which I find really lovely and I like their medieval flair.
And slowly, I am also starting to like Isabella nn Bella again. I also don't mind the Twilight association anymore. Now that the hype has died I do enjoy the first movie and I am not so bored by it being everywhere (Twilight that is, the name is everywhere, I guess).
So what do you think?
Do you like Isabella? Do you prefer Bella or Izzy? (I personally dislike Izzy).
How boring is it? Is it on the same level as Jennifer nn Jen? What would you compare it to?
Especially people in the UK where Isabel etc. is also quite common: Do you find Isabel more boring than Isabella?
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Then, for a while, I couldn't see anymore what I had once liked. I was so incredibly bored by it and the Twilight hype didn't help.
Then I fell in love with Isabel and Isabelle which I find really lovely and I like their medieval flair.
And slowly, I am also starting to like Isabella nn Bella again. I also don't mind the Twilight association anymore. Now that the hype has died I do enjoy the first movie and I am not so bored by it being everywhere (Twilight that is, the name is everywhere, I guess).
So what do you think?
Do you like Isabella? Do you prefer Bella or Izzy? (I personally dislike Izzy).
How boring is it? Is it on the same level as Jennifer nn Jen? What would you compare it to?
Especially people in the UK where Isabel etc. is also quite common: Do you find Isabel more boring than Isabella?
Please rate my list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/6232
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I like it, not boring
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Very boring. I prefer Isabel to Isabella anyway. I don’t particularly like Izzy either as a nn.
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I wouldn’t really say it’s boring, but it is very common.
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Definitely not boring. It wouldn't have gotten as popular as it got if it was boring imo. Overused for sure but it does have flare. Hmm hard to say with NN I prefer... I think Izzy or maybe even Isa, Bella I like on a asthetic level but it always reminds me of a small dog. I do think Isabel/Isobel/Isabelle more appealing than Isabella just by default of the popularity, but also because Isobel I think has more "weight" to it and slightly less "whipped cream" as someone has said on the forums before to describe the sugary popular names. I was really into Elisabelle and Elisabella for a while because I refused to bend to liking the hyper popular Isabella but now I think it's still nice.
This message was edited 9/16/2021, 2:14 PM
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I don’t think it’s boring.
Predictable? Yes.
My opinion it itself is pretty much neutral. As I said before it’s quite obviously predictable but that’s not a BAD thing. Bella is a cool name. It’s like Belle for Isabelle, or Liz for Elizabeth. You can’t give points for creativity, but you can give a point for it being nice and substantial.
I actually like the name Izzy, but for some reason I can only see it as a nickname for names like Isabelle, Isis, or Isidora. It can work with Isabella though. I just don’t like it.
Not all nicknames really need to be that creative. People call me “Ice” sometimes and even though that’s a fairly predictable nickname for Isis I think it’s cool. (Haha get it?) I also been called Izzy, Sisi, (Isis backwards) Isa, Is-is, and even Ice Cream. (My FN/MN initials)
Predictable? Yes.
My opinion it itself is pretty much neutral. As I said before it’s quite obviously predictable but that’s not a BAD thing. Bella is a cool name. It’s like Belle for Isabelle, or Liz for Elizabeth. You can’t give points for creativity, but you can give a point for it being nice and substantial.
I actually like the name Izzy, but for some reason I can only see it as a nickname for names like Isabelle, Isis, or Isidora. It can work with Isabella though. I just don’t like it.
Not all nicknames really need to be that creative. People call me “Ice” sometimes and even though that’s a fairly predictable nickname for Isis I think it’s cool. (Haha get it?) I also been called Izzy, Sisi, (Isis backwards) Isa, Is-is, and even Ice Cream. (My FN/MN initials)
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I find Isabella over-ornate and not authentic. Take a Spanish name, and add a Latin ending - why? And Bella is so very canine.
I like the straight-up-and-down Isabel, and the slightly whackier Isobel very much. Isabelle is fine in France or with the French pronunciation, which one never gets in Anglophone settings. Like most other English-speaking people probably, I've got 19th century Isabella/Bella people in my family tree, and usually I enjoy family names, but I make an exception for both Isabella and Bella.
When I was a student, I knew two Drama students who were best friends and inseparable; both named Isabella, they were known respectively and for convenience as Bella and Iz. They even looked alike! That did nothing to warm me up to the name or the nns.
I like the straight-up-and-down Isabel, and the slightly whackier Isobel very much. Isabelle is fine in France or with the French pronunciation, which one never gets in Anglophone settings. Like most other English-speaking people probably, I've got 19th century Isabella/Bella people in my family tree, and usually I enjoy family names, but I make an exception for both Isabella and Bella.
When I was a student, I knew two Drama students who were best friends and inseparable; both named Isabella, they were known respectively and for convenience as Bella and Iz. They even looked alike! That did nothing to warm me up to the name or the nns.
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