Belle

[KAEKAE]

Anyone like it, is it a NN for anything?

[KAEKAE]

Annabelle...doh!

[madhattershouse]

Bit too "disney" sorry!

[KAEKAE]

Right start that again....anyone like the name Belle as a name in its own right?

[Janoschi]

Annabelle, Isabelle, Clarabelle.....

Personally prefer Belle as a name in its own right.

[nelly83]

i love the name Belle as either a name in its own right or as a nn. Unfortunatley though my niece is an Isabelle so I wont be getting to use it any time soon :-(

Personally I would use a full name and Belle as a nn just to give your DC an option in the future.

Annabelle
Isabelle
Clarabelle are all gorgeous names imo.

I also know a Roseabelle which i kinda like too.

hope this helps x

[greenzebra]

I love the name belle, sounds very french to me. Also love Bella, thats on my name list.

[fifi25]

I prefer Bella to Belle

[meditrina]

At a stretch, it could also be a nn for Bellatrix.

The "Disney" phase would be pretty short lived, and survivable.

[NadiaWadia]

I am not trying to be negative, but as the name means 'beautiful' and the meaning is quite well-known, what if the child turns out not particularly beautiful?

I'm sure she will always be beautiful to her family but you know what I mean --- it's a lot to live up to! I would have been wary of giving this name myself. And what if she goes to live in France? Isabelle etc would be fine, but just 'Belle' seems a bit blatant IYSWIM.

Not trying to annoy you, just a thought to bear in mind.

[SilkStalkings]

I quite like it on it's own and would go for a French middle name but check it with a real live French person first.
Belle Fleur is cute (saw your other thread) but Bellefleur is a novel by Joyce Carol Oates so I'd read that first.

[SilkStalkings]

Christabel?

[laosvher]

I like it, on it's own or as a NN

[AfternoonsandCoffeespoons]

Jezabel?

[WildhoodChunder]

Have you thought about nicknames for Belle in the playground? There is one obvious one that leaps to mind, depends if that bothers you.