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Flora-belle/ Florabelle

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pinkbeans16 · 06/07/2021 21:03

What's everyone's thought on the name Flora-belle or Florabelle?

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SleepingStandingUp · 07/07/2021 17:54

Fiorella is much nicer

Gloschick · 07/07/2021 16:43

I don't like it. You could go for Fiorella which is an Italian name meaning little flower.

Wbeezer · 07/07/2021 16:38

Honestly? Nice name for a Jersey cow, not for a human.

whatausername · 07/07/2021 16:36

It feels bulbous.

SleepingStandingUp · 07/07/2021 15:51

As an ardent fan of Ariella, Arabella etc I think Florabella is awful. I wouldn't pronounce it instinctively as Floor-a-bell but Floh-ra-bell

Flora is nice. Lots of lovely -bella names. But not together

Bimblybomeyelash · 07/07/2021 15:51

It’s a bit Dixie.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeep · 07/07/2021 15:50

Nooooo

HalfTermHalfTerm · 07/07/2021 15:50

@Reachersloveinterest

Flora was a nickname used for a girl who had a lot of boyfriends when I was at uni.

Flora, spreads easily. Sorry.

My mum apparently went to school with a girl called Flora who was very attractive. Some of the boys used to talk about wanting to get “Inter- Flora”. Angry

I think it’s such a beautiful name but that put me off completely.

Viviennemary · 07/07/2021 15:43

No. Flora is fine. But not with belle.

Kanaloa · 07/07/2021 15:42

Flora is nice. Maybe something like Flora Isabelle/Florence Isabelle then Florabell as a family nickname would work.

SirenSays · 07/07/2021 14:43

It's very frilly. I think it would be lovely on a little girl but a bit awkward on a grown woman.

LadySorceress · 07/07/2021 14:35

Flora-belle isn't a thing, it should be spelled Flora-Belle, if I'm not mistaken.

But many comments here are way too rude. Florabelle isn't my choice, but it's no different name than Melissa, Katherine or Bethany. Yes, there's Flora and there's Belle, this isn't first smoosh name in history and many Germanic names might be smoosh names, such as Edward. Florabelle is fine.

I prefer Rosabelle and variants, though

BiBabbles · 07/07/2021 13:28

To me, it sounds like a nickname given to a little girl named Flora.

Maribel, Mirabel(le), or Rosabel(le) would be nice if you want a -bel(le) name.

carolinesbaby · 07/07/2021 13:12

Flora was a nickname used for a girl who had a lot of boyfriends when I was at uni.

Flora, spreads easily. Sorry.

MadeOfStarStuff · 07/07/2021 13:09

Far too twee either way but with the hyphen is worse

VenusClapTrap · 07/07/2021 13:03

Flora is nice.

I second the suggestions of Christabel and Mirabel. I also know a Maribel which is ok.

KirstenBlest · 07/07/2021 12:39

If you like Flora-belle, how about Baybie-belle?

MaxiPaddy · 07/07/2021 12:37

Do people not realize they're naming a human being - a future adult - not a forever baby?

BunnyRuddington · 07/07/2021 12:35

If you like it, use it but I much prefer it without hyphenation.

MouldyPotato · 07/07/2021 12:29

No, sounds like the name for a frilly doll or a poodle not a human.

FayeFayeFayeFayeFaye · 07/07/2021 12:26

No it’s terrible. Sounds like you’re naming a cat.

It sounds like the sort of child that isn’t allowed to get grubby and sit nicely in her frilly dressed.

funnyoldonion · 07/07/2021 11:54

Margerine

PearlNextDoor · 07/07/2021 11:53

No, it does sound like an Aldi product!

I like Flora, and you could make it a baby nick name taken from a more elegant combination. I like Flora Christabel, Flora Mirabel.

But something about Florabelle doesn't work.

Holly60 · 07/07/2021 11:50

I don’t like it I’m afraid, it sounds made up. Flora is quite pretty on its own though

ElizabethTudor · 07/07/2021 11:48

Flora (first name) Belle (middle name) absolutely fine
Florabelle - no, as PPs have said, it’s just too fussy
Flora-belle - definitely not.