Isabel or Isabelle

[SoonToBeSix]

Which do you prefer and are they pronounced the same? I can't decide which spelling to go for.

I think Izzie is sweet, I really fear for parents who have such a negative reaction to nicknames, once they go to school it is out of your hands, unless you plan to be an embarrassing and overbearing mother, 'It's ISOBEL not IZZIE, I-S-O-B-E-L!!.

Cringe.

Ha ha, I'm far from an overpowering mother. She's 8 today and has never been called Izzy by any of her friends, she does occasional get Ibby which I much prefer.

My dc's are 12 and 8 and by this age you really don't stress the name thing anymore, it's just a name, pretty insignificant as long as it's not too different. My ds has a name which is rarely NOT shortened but he sticks to the full name, his choice not mine.

She won't be one of 7 in her class.

Mine has just changed schools. At her old school there were no other Isabel's in her class. At her new school she is still the only Isabel in her class.

LOL, squoosh. My Dad is the least over-bearing gentleman ever, but he was that Dad. I'm named after his Mum.

And now I really dislike Izzy as a result.