Flora-belle/ Florabelle

[pinkbeans16]

What's everyone's thought on the name Flora-belle or Florabelle?

Very naff.

I don't mind it prefer Florabelle have you considered the Italian Floriana?

Dora-Belle is better. Has a ring to it, don't you think?

Flora is lovely, as a middle name Belle is just about bearable but as one word or hyphenated they are awful.

@KirstenBlest

Dora-Belle is better. Has a ring to it, don't you think?

literally just spat my coffee out!!

HTH.

It would not be an easy name to live with after the tenth birthday, I think.

Flora is lovely the rest not so much

Air freshener from Poundland

what if they're a tomboy?

Bloody awful, sorry.

Just awful. Poor child

I generally like frilly names, but not this one.

It sounds like a nickname.
As a previous poster said, how about Flora, but you call her Florabelle as her nickname.

For example, my daughter is called Camilla, but if I'm singing to her I'll often call her Camiliana, as a pet name (since it kind-of rhymes with her brother's name).

Flora (first name) Belle (middle name) absolutely fine
Florabelle - no, as PPs have said, it’s just too fussy
Flora-belle - definitely not.

I don’t like it I’m afraid, it sounds made up. Flora is quite pretty on its own though

No, it does sound like an Aldi product!

I like Flora, and you could make it a baby nick name taken from a more elegant combination. I like Flora Christabel, Flora Mirabel.

But something about Florabelle doesn't work.

Margerine

No it’s terrible. Sounds like you’re naming a cat.

It sounds like the sort of child that isn’t allowed to get grubby and sit nicely in her frilly dressed.

No, sounds like the name for a frilly doll or a poodle not a human.

If you like it, use it but I much prefer it without hyphenation.

Do people not realize they're naming a human being - a future adult - not a forever baby?

If you like Flora-belle, how about Baybie-belle?

Flora is nice.

I second the suggestions of Christabel and Mirabel. I also know a Maribel which is ok.

Far too twee either way but with the hyphen is worse

Flora was a nickname used for a girl who had a lot of boyfriends when I was at uni.

Flora, spreads easily. Sorry.