What do you think of Belle? Is it too cutesy? DH has decided he wants to name baby after his grandmother who he's very close to and who isn't well, but her name is a very uncommon name from his country which is very difficult to pronounce in English. In fact, it's almost impossible as one sound in the name doesn't exist in the English language, and the tone of names in his country is very different in England (you could never look at the name and correctly guess the pronunciation). So that's an issue. But the meaning of her name is 'bell'. We thought Belle could be a nice compromise (I've always liked the sound of it and he likes it too and can honour his GM. What do you think? What sort of person do you picture when you hear this name? I think Belle from Beauty and the Beast is actually pretty cool when I think about it - smart, big reader, brave - but I can't think of any other Belles! I'm not sure if it is too girly girl? (Nothing wrong with this but I'm not much of a girly girl myself)