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Arabella
My boyfriend loves this name. I really like this name, but I never expected him to.What do you think of the name Arabella?Any nicknames besides Bella?Good sibling names?Thanks!
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I like Arabella very much. It doesn't really work with my surname, however. Possible nns: Ara, Ari, Bella, Ella, Ellie.Other female sib names: I picture something equally flowing and feminine such as Sophia, Georgia. Eliana, etc. With male sib names, I'd have to give that some thought.
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I try to like it, because it's a route to the nn Ara (which I love), but it's too fussy for me.My favorite nns are Ara, Bella, and Belle.
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I dislike it because it's another -bella name and they really annoy me. I hate nn Bella, it just sounds obnoxious to me, but I suppose that could probably change if I met a nice one.Old-fashioned names like Sylvia, Adelaide, Alice etc. go well I think, but I'm not really a fan of making sibsets "match".
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I used to hate Arabella, but now I like it and I can't understand why. It's so incredibly flowery and feminine, but I still love it. It's almost a GP.I'd probably call her Belle most of the time.Rosamund and Justine spring to mind as sibling names, but they're from my old Arabella combo.
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I really like Arabella, its so much prettier and unusual than Isabella. I like the nns Caitlin suggested. I would probably call and Arabella Ari or Belle personally.
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I love Arabella. It's one of my favourites. It's beautoful, but it doesn't have that frilly touch most "-bella" names have.I like the NN Ara for Arabella.
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Arabella is really really beautiful name :-))))
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I love Arabella. It is the only 'frilly' name I like, and I would use it one day. My cousin has a daughter named Arabella and she goes by Ari and never Bella. I hate Bella but love Ari.
My cousin's four kids are Arabella, Charlotte, Henry and Rose (for some sibling ideas) and other suggestions:Cecilia
Laurel
Mae
Jaqueline
Penelope
Lillian
Veronica
Vivienne
Ophelia
Octavia
Serena
Zara
Daphne
Alexandra
Flora
Verity
Talia
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Isaac
Charlie
Miles
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Jonathan
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I think Arabella is lovely! Ara, Ari, Bell, Raba, Arba, Ella, Elle, Ellie, Arby Liliana, Felicity, Grace, Maria, Melissa would be good sisters.
August, Solomon, Nicholas, Julian, Zachary would be good brothers.
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Arabella seems a bit frilly to me, but it's an ok name.
I don't like Bella at all, other nns: Ella, Elly, Arella (although it isn't great imo), Abella, Ara (although it's a bird), Rabel (kind of like Rebel, if she turns out to be a bit of a tomboy :)
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