which one do you prefer, Isabel or Isabella?

[Melissad]

I love both, can't decide. Which do you prefer?

Isabel. Would have been our child's name if he had been a she. (Ended up being a Jonathan )

Love both regardless of their (over) popularity. Also love the spelling Isobel.

Isabella

or Isabelle for the shorter name.

Isobel. This is the name I would have had for a girl. I have 3 boys, will never be able to use it now.

I don't like Isobel - it seems like a pharmaceutical brand name to me

I like (to confuse matters) Isabelle.

Isobel.

I love both (unhelpful), and they are good, classic names that stay fabulous despite the tide of popularity (which was really only from about 2006-2009).

Isobel

Isabelle

isobel

Isabel

They are both lovely. If you called her Isabella, she could be Isabel for short if you/she fancied that later on. But not the other way round.

Thanks. I know both are very popular names right now, but I can't think of a name I love more,

Isabella - but I have one

Isobel

Isobel

Isobel

Isabella.

Would people spelling her name wrong annoy you? If so, I'd go for Isabella because there are fewer ways to spell than there are to spell Isabel so I think you'd get a lot more misspellings with Isabel - that might not bother you though! People are always getting my daughter's name wrong and it doesn't bother me (except when my family do it).

Isabel

Isobel. Failing that Isabel although Isabella is lovely.

Much prefer Isabelle and Isabella. Not sure why, think they just look prettier and more in sync with the long 'elle' at the end than isobel. Also, you can then do Belle or Bella for nn.