Annabelle and Isabella

[AnnabelleCos]

My name is Annabelle, do you think I could get away with naming our daughter Isabella/Isabelle or is it too similar? Really struggling for girls names that my husband and I agree on.

I think for siblings it would be too similar but for mother/daughter it's fine.

I agree with above 👍🏼

Thank you. I already have a son called Arthur and I think Arthur and Isabella goes quite nicely!

It does ! It’s beautiful

I think it’s fine too

Isabella is fine and sounds lovely with Arthur

Lovely all round OP.

another Isabelle/Isobella. It's enormously popular and very similar to your own name, i'd look for another name.

Is it popular in the UK because I don't know of any?

I think it's fine! Lovely name.
When I come to think of it my friends with daughters have mostly named them with quite similar names to their own!
I know a Meave with a Neve and a Sally with a Hayley, and an Elizabeth with a Lizzie!!

It is very popular in the UK... might depend on your area but I know an Isobel, an Arrabella and an Isobella all in my sons nursery.

I think it's fine! My name rhymes with my mom's and it's a little annoying at times but no one really notices. I think that you're doing Isabella and not Isabelle adds some distinction at well.

I don't think it's too bad, although I admit I do find it a little bit odd when parents name their children similar (or even the same) names as themselves. I think Isabella would be the better choice, as the ending isn't identical to yours, so it's less obvious.

Is it popular in the UK because I don't know of any?

Yes, it is incredibly popular. I know quite a few. In fact, using the most recent UK baby name stats (for 2017), if you added all the variations together (Isobel through to Isabella and all varieties in between) it would be the number 1 most popular girls name, more popular than Olivia by a fair bit. Isabella on its own is number 6 on the list.

However, ultimately, if you love it that much, don't let the popularity stand in your way.

I think they are too similar personally. All lovely names though.

It was very frequently used from about 2005-10. Not so much now (other names considerably more popular) so I think you’re OK on that score

No. What about Isolde or Isadora

My daughter is doing stats in maths and whole school survey was done of first names for data( with consent obvs)I loved it and was pouring over it.
I can report that In a school of 2300 + kids, less than 1% are Isabel/ Isobel/ Isabella. ( just don’t go for Kaitlyn or Madison)

It's too similar for me. But I guess it also depends on do you go by your full name or Anna/Annie/Belle etc and do you intend for your daughter to go by the full name or Izzy/Bella etc - if you go by Anna and her Izzy then that would be fine, but not if you both end up Belle/Bella!