I used to be a bit 'meh' about it, coz I read so many in the
BAs where I live, then I met a really awesome little girl with the name and she made me like it more. It's still not a favourite, but I like it.
I love the nn Izzy/Izzie. I had a dog called
Izzy (not short for anything, but named (by me) after my toy glowworm called Izziga (a name I'm pretty sure I made up!)) so the name has good associations for me.
I know three Isabellas, all under the age of 9. I've seen lots more in the
BAs for my city though.
I don't think it's necessarily too common to be used. It would put me off it, but I'm sure it wouldn't put others off it, which is the main thing.
Isabella would be fine as a mn, maybe better due to its commonness.
Yup it flows well. I think
Isabella Aimee (can't work out accents sorry lol) are a little odd-sounding with
Noah. Partly because I always picture
Noah as being an old beardy guy. Spelling it
Noa would help, but I'm still not sure that
Noa looks 'girly' enough to fit with
Isabella and
Aimee (which are both obviously feminine names, just by their endings) (I'm not saying that girly is a bad or good thing, just that it's a thing lol). Something like
Zoe or
Aoife or
Cara would work better IMO (not necessarily one of those names, but something like that).
Yes I prefer
Isabel to
Isabella. It's just a little less floral. I normally prefer -bel endings to -bella, which is a little odd since I really like -tta endings. I can never decide whether I like
Isobel or
Isabel better, I fluctuate a lot. Today I prefer
Isabel.
No I do not prefer
Isadora. I find it a bit posh-sounding and OTT (I have that with all -dora names). That said I like the look of
Isadora over
Isidora (but I pronounce them the same way).
I think I already answered your last question :)