What does Annabelle remind you of?

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DH really likes the name Annabelle. I'm open to it, but I'm trying to figure out if it has some kind of negative connotation in the UK.

We both grew up abroad, which is why I'm afraid of missing some kind of negative connotation (like, I don't know, maybe there used to be catfood called Annabelle or something).

There seems to be a doll in the UK called baby Annabell, but that doesn't put me off. Should it?

Any other reason not to give that name to a child growing up here?

Horror film not horrible film

I think of a beautiful name (Annabel) ruined by the frilly French ending (Annabelle).

I like it.

Scary doll

The doll brand, though that wouldn't deter me personally.

The Annabelle spelling is awful - frilly and associated with the horror film. It's also pronounced AnnaBELLE.

Annabel is much nicer! And works most ch better for English speakers

Tennis - Annabel Croft.

The creepy doll horror film. It’s my teenage cousin’s name and she’s recently started to get comments at school about it

horsey. posh. aga sagas. refined. nightclub for rich people.

There is a German cat food called Sanabelle, maybe what you're thinking of?

Not well known in the UK although we order it for ours!

My first thought was the doll.

The normal spelling is annabel in the U.K.

For this generation, most U.K. parents register the Annabelle spelling now.

Horror doll

Just the doll. It's a lovely name though I do prefer Annabel.

Not the horror doll, to be clear - the ordinary one that children play with.

I don't know about a film or a doll. I think it's a really pretty name

Horror doll.

Annabelle is a bit 1980s to me.

Anna is lovely

“Does my bum look big in this?”

(Even though she is arabella)

I'm not at all familiar with the horror film. Annabelle is a nice name, not unlike Isabelle (which is a very popular name here). I wouldn't let the horror film put you off.

As PPs have said, Annabel is the commonest spelling in the UK. Annabelle is less common and would be perceived as more frilly, but is a standard spelling. Annabell doesn't work at all, unfortunately, and would look like a misspelling.

I've taught quite a few Annabelles and they were all absolutely brilliant, in lots of different ways. That's all I think about when I think of the name, given that I won't watch horror films.

I can rethink of anything bad.
I know a teenage Annabelle and a little girl of 7 (neighbour). I think it is a good name.

Horror film springs to mind right away.

I'm not loving the Annabelle spelling, seems very unnecessarily frilly.

It makes me think of a duck.