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You know, if you overthink literal meanings you might have to clean out your list, which probably has a lot of names with apparently flattering meanings, or otherwise meanings unlikely to fit the bearer. The pathetic one isn't the plain girl named Belle, it's the ninny who critiqued the girl's face on hearing her name. Belle need not be about a pretty face, that's so shallow! Ugh. It's about the kind of beauty you see when you love someone. Like Desiree doesn't mean "woman you sexually desire" except to total ninnies. It means "child who fulfilled her parents' desire." So let the ninnies be ninnies, and like Belle if you like it. It's short for Isabelle, anyway.

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I'm not a fan of Belle but I think Bell is a cool middle name.

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Ophelia I agree is not very appealing because of its tight association with the tragic character (and because of oh feel ya). Too bad, because it's a lovely name otherwise.

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- mirfak

This message was edited 11/26/2015, 1:48 PM