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Isobel April or Isla

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CompactMirror · 15/03/2025 13:03

Due a girl soon and we keep going round in circles.. we love all three of these but concerns are:

Isobel - we love this spelling as Scottish on both sides but we live in England, will it forever be spelt differently by people?

April - she is likely to be born this month.. does it matter?

Isla - there are a few around us and know it is probably the more common / popular of the three. Not necessarily a bad thing I guess.

What does everyone prefer? Any girl names along similar lines?

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theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 28/03/2025 23:28

April if she’s late and born then

Otherwise Isobel - it’s overused but more of a classic than Isla so stands up to it

Or how about Iona?

HollyIvie · 28/03/2025 23:25

Isla... one of my favs!

Emanwenym · 28/03/2025 23:23

There are worse names. I can't stand Lila.

tellmesomethingtrue · 28/03/2025 23:20

Emanwenym · 28/03/2025 23:18

Maybe the problem is you.

Maybe. I just hate the name Isla

Emanwenym · 28/03/2025 23:18

Maybe the problem is you.

tellmesomethingtrue · 28/03/2025 23:15

Emanwenym · 20/03/2025 07:48

Why is it stupid @tellmesomethingtrue ? Island and isle have an s in them.
I think it's a pretty name.

Yes and those words are stupid too. I would say her name as ‘is’ - ‘la’

tellmesomethingtrue · 28/03/2025 23:14

SemperIdem · 20/03/2025 09:12

Weird logic. Why does Thomas have an “h” in English?

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‘T’ - ‘hom’- ‘as’

the ‘h’ sound forms part of the pronunciation so it’s not weird logic

tellmesomethingtrue · 28/03/2025 23:12

SemperIdem · 20/03/2025 09:12

Weird logic. Why does Thomas have an “h” in English?

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The ‘h’ sound isn’t actually silent.

Amyjade2022 · 21/03/2025 11:57

Biased because I have an Isla myself but I just adore then name it is beautiful!!
I had the same worry when I was naming her that it was too popular but actually once she was born and we shared it with people, most said they’d never met an Isla before! She’s almost 3 now and in nursery I’ve only come across one other Isla in that time.

Otherwise Isobel is lovely too and that is my preferred spelling

okydokethen · 20/03/2025 10:34

Isobel

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CompactMirror · 20/03/2025 10:17

Thanks all, so difficult to choose!! V likely to be born March which is my only question mark over April but everyone seems to be split on that.. I’m starting to think it’s not that much of a big deal.

Having a think about whether we like Izzy as I think it’s inevitable with Isobel really isn’t it..

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MontanaPink · 20/03/2025 10:11

April is lovely!

CherryPinkAppleBlossomWhite · 20/03/2025 10:10

I like April the best, it's lovely. The only April I know was born in September.

thatsfunnybecause · 20/03/2025 10:03

Isobel will be Izzy of Bella which I don’t like
if you hold on till April that’s my favourite but you could use it anyway if you love it
Isla is lovely but common

Mailys · 20/03/2025 09:32

April! Lovely lovely name, I wanted it for our last baby but we had a boy 😊

SemperIdem · 20/03/2025 09:12

tellmesomethingtrue · 19/03/2025 22:57

Isla is super common and a stupid name because why is there an ‘s’?

Weird logic. Why does Thomas have an “h” in English?

Emanwenym · 20/03/2025 07:48

Why is it stupid @tellmesomethingtrue ? Island and isle have an s in them.
I think it's a pretty name.

tellmesomethingtrue · 19/03/2025 22:57

Isla is super common and a stupid name because why is there an ‘s’?

Boredofbeinganadult · 19/03/2025 22:56

Isla ❤️

Jamclag · 19/03/2025 22:49

Isobel wins hands down and a lovely spelling too - Bel(le) is very sweet for short.

yikesanotherbooboo · 19/03/2025 20:33

I love Isobel and have one. I’m not so much a fan of the other two but do think April makes a nice middle name .

Talkwhilstyouwalk · 19/03/2025 20:30

I like Isobel and April (but only if she is born in April!)

Hohofortherobbers · 19/03/2025 19:43

Came on to say Avril too

FawnDrench · 19/03/2025 18:24

Isla

Emanwenym · 19/03/2025 17:15

It's a tongue-twister.