Crystabel

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Yes! Spelled like this....

I know mn normally dislikes made up names but this name can be spelled various ways, like Isobel.

Also I have a feeling its the kind of name you'd always have to spell out anyway.

The reason why I do not want to use usual spelling is because I'm not a Christian. I know this wouldn't bother some people but it would me.

There appears to be a professional make up artist with this name too.

Thoughts please?

It's awful.

I'm not keen on Christabel either but at least it's an actual name.

I'm sorry but it sounds like a stripper name

It does look a bit, um, trashy spelled like that. To me. But if you love it, that doesn't matter.

Yes. Why?

I don't take to your preferred spelling.

But think Christabel is great (I think of the Coleridge poem)

It sounds like a donkey on Blackpool beach sorry

It sounds awful but then I was told I have no taste because I like Crystal for a name which is halfway there. It did make me think of Clarabel (sp?) which doesn't sound as bad

I know one, aged 20 at Cambridge.

On paper I hate the name, but it works very well on her. She spells it Christabel though.

I like Christabel, but really don't line your spelling.

I love christabel but crystabel is too carrington crystal meth

Ps i wouldnt assume a christabel's parents were religious. If u r jewish though i get it.

Christabel is lovely, Chrystabel is someone having a DNA test on an American talkshow.

I don't think people would especially associate Christabel with being Christian.

Do people assume all Christophers are Christian?

I think that while people wouldn't assume that a Christopher was Christian, many parents prefer to give a name which has a significant meaning to them, and Christ-bearer is unlikely to be something which appeals. I love the name Christopher, but didn't give it to my son because of the meaning.

Christabel Pankhurst and Christabel Bielenberg say 'no' to Crystabel.

They think it looks a bit tacky.

Spell it properly although it is still awful - sorry

I don't like the name or the spelling. It might be ok as a name for a little girl but doesn't work for a grown women IMO. And the spelling you're proposing looks very made up.

I'm not keen. One thing to bear in mind is that "-bel" names sound more like "-bewl" in some accents - would this annoy you?

I'm really sorry but it's really not my Cup of tea. I think of it as a strippers name

I would assume that a Christopher (or a Christina or a Christabel) was not Jewish anyway. Just that much.

I wouldn't assume that their parents were religious though.

bewl?

What accent would that be

Do you celebrate Christmas in any way at all, OP? Give or receive presents, go to parties, indulge in special treats, that sort of thing?

Yes but that's not s child's name. Two different things entirely.

I can see why the Christ part of the name would be off-putting for some people. I've always thought Christian is quite a strange name.

I'd look for a new name though rather than plumping for Crystabel.