What do you think of Arabella?

[weakhorse]

What do you think of Arabella as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.
just canvassing opinion after my previous post
thanks

posh and frilly

Love it but it is 'posh'.

Like it.

Beautiful! I would have chosen something similar myself for dd but had some unfortunate family connotations so I couldn't.

It is posh but in a good way!

Nice buuuuuuuuut, Ara or Arry isn't a nice nick name. I like Bella though.

I'd prefer Christabel which is equally posh but with its feet more on the ground somehow.

Love it.

Horsey

It reminds me of Arabiatta, the spicy sauce... sorry!

I don't think it's posh, just rather frilly and quite girlie.

Lovely name.

It's my middle name and I loathe it (sorry!)

Reminds me now entirely of himwho thought it was ok to cheat on his wife 6 weeks after having a baby with a 16 year old...

Normally I thinks it's very very posh but now I think when people off Eastenders are calling their DD's it it maybe going to the other way

Frothy, frilly. Not great.

Too horsey and jolly hockey-sticks

Bullied me at school, so I'll never use it...

Nice enough name though, even if my personal experience is somewhat biased against it.

what about annabella? Or annabelle? Less precocious?

I think it is too snooty. Whilst considering Beatrix herself-

A bit Rah.

I was almost called it and am eternally grateful to my Father for intervening.

Not a fan - for some reason conjures up images of a female version of Dudley Dursley (from Harry Potter).

I think its really lovely!

But when I posted my options many comments where my choices where 'frothy and frilly' so thats just my style apparently

i love it..... but doesn't go with my surname so we can't use it

I love it. So what if it's "posh", a very pretty name.