Alternative to Annabel?

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DH and I both love the name but BIL and SIL already have a niece called Annabel. If we can't find anything we like as much we'll still use it as it's not a close relative to us, but if there's an alternative that'd be better! Any suggestions of names with a similar feel?

Ooh no you're right, they had a thing!

Amabel? It's olde English I think.

Anastasia
Antonia
nn Anna

Rosabelle
Lily-Belle
Angelica
Angel
Anastasia
Amelia
Alicia
Anya
Abigail

I know an Annalisa which gets rid of the spelling issue

Anna (similar but so classic)

Then similarly "posh but not too posh" names:
Aurelie
Ariadne
Elspeth
Evangelise
Eveline or Evelina
Delarivier
Nancy
Posy
Tabitha
Mathilda
Vivienne

Wait is it your niece OP? Or just they have a niece on otherside of the family?

If it's the latter then I'd still consider the name. Someone having 2 unrelated nieces with the same name is very different to cousins with the same name.

I love Annie or Anna as an alternative though.

Araminta, Minty for short?

Annie

Anneka

Charlotte

Mirabelle
Annaliese
Matilda
Clarabel
Christabel
Rosabel

Anouk

Ugh I wanted a name for DD and my DH refused to entertain it because his sister's, husband's sister have a DD with the same name. Is that the same sort of thing? If so, just use it. I am still a bit miffed we didn't use the name. We rarely see them and I don't really care if DH's sister would have had two nieces of the same name. She would quickly get used to it. I actually know cousins who have the same name and even that wasn't a problem after everyone got used to it.

Marianne
Francesca

I like the sorts of names suggested so far and others also on my list include

Ariadne
Tanith
Elinor
Odette
Merrin
Georgiana
Honor
Elspeth

Alexandra

Emmeline
Isobel

How about Audra or Arianna? I really like Annalise though

I went to school with an Arabelle. She's the only one I've ever come across.

Aurura