Thoughts on Rosabelle

[LadySorceress]

Thoughts on Rosabelle, Rosabella and Rosabel? Reading thread about Florabelle has left me wondering do you ladies have same feeling about every similar name.
Rosa Belle/-a and Rosa-Belle/-a aren't an options.

Based on similar thread by another user I would just want to point a few things:
Having frilly, feminine qualities is not a crime. Everyone chooses what's best for their family. If you sweat by mere idea of frilly, keep in mind some can like these sorts of things.
Your behavior and character can affect your life much more greatly than simple name.
Tomboys are still a girls

Not overly keen, but if you are definitely Rosabel. The other spellings are too cutesy

I really like it but I prefer Rosabel as the spelling. I think it’s such a pretty name with loads of options for her to choose from (if she wants) as she gets older.

I like Arabel too

It’s not my favourite, I think just Rose is much nicer.

Sound completely made up op.

Not keen. Rosa is nice but Rosabelle and Rosabella are too long and too frilly and merge into the Isabel/Isabelle/Isabella/Arabella/Annabelle/Annabel type names.

I don't like the 'tomboy' type unisex names either.

Rosa is nice

No, are you the poster who asked about Florabelle?

I almost almost like the names but dislike them as well.

Rosabel doesn't work I don't think but I can imagine Rosa Isabel nn Rosabel

I prefer Rosalía Belinda - omg that does sound so Culebron !

Rosalind is OK too.
Rosalinda Belén flows better.

Another frilly name. Imagine she's a FTSE100 CEO or a high court judge - I just don't think a girly twee name like this works for grown women. It's cute when she's 5, not when she's 50.

Dislike it intensely for unclear reasons.

Like the belle part such as lilabelle or something but the roaa irks me

Off to contemplate irrational response...

I like Rosa, Rosalind and Rosalie and I like Isabel, Annabel and Arabella. But I don’t like Rosabel, sorry. I think the two components together is too much - and I am not anti-frilliness in general, I am wearing a Laura Ashley top right now. But I think there is a line.
Rosabel is better than Rosabella and Rosabelle though. Also better than Florabelle fwiw.

They sound like names you would give to a doll.

Rosabel is nice enough (though I've never met one, so I'd instinctively want to pronounce it Roz- ah -bel - like Rosamund and Rosalind, rather than Rose- ah -bel which might be what you want?). But unless you have French heritage the extra "le" seems too much to me - it's not like Isabelle where it has become almost expected/super popular in the UK.

I think Rosabel sounds better as a "smush" name than Florabel simply because Rose is one of those very classic names (like Anne/Anna and Mary/Marie) that are so often added to that it becomes commonplace/"normal" sounding (like Rosanna, Rosemary, Annemarie, Annabel etc)

There is one in my wider family, she must be in her 90s by now, and it's Roz-a-bel (like Roz-a-lind)

I like it a it seems normal to me, because I've known her all my life

I like it, I'm very much a floral name fan and this name gives lots of nickname options which I like.

I prefer Annabel.

Not a fan of Rosabelle, Isobel, Christabell, Florabell.

No, it’s too blowsy.

I like Rose and Rosie.

Having frilly, feminine qualities is not a crime. Everyone chooses what's best for their family.

And that's fine when you're choosing curtains, or a Mn username, but assuming you're not actually saying that your entire family has 'frilly, feminine qualities', this child will be her own independent person, and may despite frills from toddlerhood. Why would you burden her with a name that sounds like an elaborate Victorian china doll because that's your preferred aesthetic? Obviously, you choose names you like, but give her something with a bit more latitude in its connotations.

@PearlNextDoor

No, are you the poster who asked about Florabelle?

I almost almost like the names but dislike them as well.

Rosabel doesn't work I don't think but I can imagine Rosa Isabel nn Rosabel

I prefer Rosalía Belinda - omg that does sound so Culebron !

No, but that thread has left me worried Rosabel/lla might fall into same argument, because we are considering this name for daughter, but I would argue Rosabelle and Florabelle aren't so similar, because people had used Rosa + X all the time during history, e.g. Rosaline.

I know 3 little girls called Rosa, it's becoming increasingly popular

damn it posted so soon. Wanted to tell I haven't considered Florabelle, I'm different user.

Sounds like a ship or a cod gipsy fortune teller.

Love Christabel and Mirabel though. And Rosalie.

@CowsEatingAtNight

Having frilly, feminine qualities is not a crime. Everyone chooses what's best for their family.

And that's fine when you're choosing curtains, or a Mn username, but assuming you're not actually saying that your entire family has 'frilly, feminine qualities', this child will be her own independent person, and may despite frills from toddlerhood. Why would you burden her with a name that sounds like an elaborate Victorian china doll because that's your preferred aesthetic? Obviously, you choose names you like, but give her something with a bit more latitude in its connotations.

Are you saying you watched the crystal ball and predicted some girls don't like frilly stuff? What a shock and surprise. You should apply for Nobel prize for most noble predicament. :rolleyes:

Although some girls don't like frilly stuff, some girl might love it instead. I can't make decision based on what she might like or what she might not like. Maybe she will hate generic name, and love Rosabelle. Maybe it will be opposite.

I can't make decision based on what she might like or what she might not like. Maybe she will hate generic name

Except the opposite of frilly and overblown isn't 'generic'. A whole range of other names are available.

@CowsEatingAtNight

I can't make decision based on what she might like or what she might not like. Maybe she will hate generic name

Except the opposite of frilly and overblown isn't 'generic'. A whole range of other names are available.

yes, they are whole range of other types of names. What if she still likes being named Rosabelle? What if, gasps, overblown and frilly aren't bad things per se. There's whole thing in art called Roccoco that was highly praised.