Are Isabelle and Isobel pronounced the same?

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And which of these two spellings do you prefer - Isabel or Isabelle.

practically the same

I can't tell how it's spelled by how people pronounce it, so I guess they sound the same.
I prefer Isabel or Isabelle. The 'sob' part of Isobel makes it look unhappy.

Practically the same.

Isobel is my favourite - I think it looks neater on the page!

I say them differently.

Prefer the Isobel spelling.

It's a beautiful name however you say/spell it.

They are pronounced the same way. My family are all Scots and we have tons of granny and great aunt Isobels (spelt the Scottish way). However Isabelle (French?) is a lovely and very common spelling too.

Beautiful name. I think they're all pronounced the same, aren't they? - I know I do! Slightly prefer Isabel myself as I feel this is the standard version, and I like how they use that spelling in Spain as well.

But all are lovely.

I've got an aunt Isabel and her granddaughter is called Isobel (known as Is-oh)... My cousin thought she was having a boy and hadn't considered girls names so when Isoh arrived they decided to name her after her Grandma but differentiated between the two by using a different spelling Both pronounced the same. My DS would have been Isabelle if he was a girl... love the name and big family connection to it. My grandmother was called Isabella.

Dh and I were discussing this yesterday I like Isobel and he liked Isobelle. I prefer Isabelle to Isobelle. We may have to not use the name due to thesee complexities!

I have a Isobel so that's my favourite spelling. Isn't Isabel the Spanish way of spelling it?

I onow an Izobel, burn prefer Isobel.

Not just Spanish , Allice it's also the most common English spelling I think (or used to be). For example, this historical character, Richard III's sister-in-law (who was English) - she appeared in 'The White Queen': en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Neville,_Duchess_of_Clarence

Isobel is an alternative version (Scottish, pps are saying?) and Isabelle is French.

I personally prefer Isabel to Isabelle, and don't like Isobel at all. Isabelle is too fussy. I don't see the point in the extra two letters.