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

No to Rosabelle
No to Florabelle
No to Faunabelle (if that’s what you’re planning on posting tomorrow)

Crikey OP: just choose a name for your baby that you like. No need for histrionics

I wouldn’t choose it.

Nobody is saying there's anything wrong with feminine. But overly frilly names can be a curse to a child and honestly sound like a bit of a joke. If I was called Rosabelle or Florabelle I'd be absolutely mortified because I am not in any way a frilly type woman. On me, the name would honestly be laughable. i know another woman who DOES have a name like this, although less frilly, and she swears people smirk when she tells them her name, as it just seems ridiculous on her. These names simply don't suit many people - not only adults, but children too. If your child is going to live their whole life as a slim, blonde, southern belle type who wears full dresses and is perfectly preened and hosts dinner parties then a name like this might be okay, but on literally anyone else the name will seem a bit ridiculous. I can't think of a single person i know who could pull off a name like this. Rosa and Flora are gorgeous - feminine and strong and dignified. Sticking the belle on the end ruins both, imo.

I also think it's vaguely ridiculous to post about a name on a Baby Names thread asking opinions about a name, and then to go beserk when anyone says they don't like the name.

I think because both halves of it are sugary, frilly names, the entire thing is very saccharine. Rosalie or Rosalind would be better.

@LadySorceress

Those who claim I can hear whatever from people I ask opinions from: full stop.

Claim that my daughter will suffer from her name is simply a lie proven to be lie. I don't have to sit and let crazy classist uneducated cow lie that name has more brevity than diploma. A fucking name.

No, name doesn't have so much influence over somebody life. People say stupid things such as these and nobody's calls bullshit, but reality is that - everything else-- literary everything else- trumps impressions about name. Diploma, race, nationality, social status yes there's injustice in systems people make ---- but I never seen situation where name trumps everything else.

Yes, you can claim "I ask for opinion", but I could also say "commenter said bullshit, eat shit now, liar"

From this post, it is possible that you are not a native English speaker, so you are maybe not picking up on cultural cues.

You are calling people “classist” and “uneducated”. But, to some people, the name could make you seem “uneducated”. Or, a bit “chavvy”, as some people call it. You are obviously welcome to ignore their opinion.

The Rosabel my dd is friends with likes her name and is not a girly frilly type of girl. I say go for it op.

I don’t like it.

I do like Rosamund, Rosalind, Rosaline though.

I also like Isobel, Maribel, Ishbel, Christabel.

Just not Rosa with bel(le).

I know a teenage Rosabelle. She's a quirky character and her name suits her. I hadn't heard the name before I met her but I like it and I've never heard anyone comment negatively on it in real life.

I like it

I like it, and Rosa is a perfectly lovely shortened version.

Rosabel is fine (I think I was one of the ones who suggested it on the other thread alongside Maribel and Mirabelle). If you like frilly, flowery unusual names though, Chrysanthi I think suits that better.

On one hand, I do think names can have an effect - the name I was raised with is a mythological name which I was mocked for and spent way too much time hearing adults talk at me about myths I had no interest in. I changed it as an adult and my new name still has an effect -- I no longer hear about myths, but there are remarks that impact me. There are a lot of factors there to consider.

On the other, I have a DD with a frilly name, though it can shortened to a more neutral one. She's has a lot of masculine hobbies and was recently discussing how envious she was that her sister's class was doing heart disections in class and how much she wants to do the one where she can try to cut a cow's eye in half. Her go-to outfit is a long shirt with tracksuit bottoms. Her name still suits her, she has never expressed being embarrassed or mortified and introduces herself as her full name even thoough there are many more neutral or at least less frilly versions. It's always a roll of the dice if the child likes the name (I didn't like mine so changed it), but I no more think very feminine names are a risk anymore than giving a boy a very masculine name. I do think having names with options has benefits though.

I like it and if she does think it’s too much there’s plenty of things she could shorten it to.