Siblings- Isla and Isabelle?

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Another baby name one from me! Resounding majority of ppl like Sophia for isabelles new sister! However I can't get away from loving the name Isla!
Would it be awful to name siblings Isla and isabelle? For reference isabelle is known mostly as Izzy day to day!

Yes it would.

I don't think you can have both, too similar in some ways but also they are so different in style. Perhaps you could have it as a middle name?

Too similar - use it as a middle name

I know an Isla nickname Izzy. Too similar imo. Middle name is a good idea.

I'm going against the grain, but I like it.

What it reminds me of is one of the Chronicles of Narnia - 'The Horse and his Boy' I think - where siblings (although thinking back, perhaps it was only twins) were called similar names - eg. Cor and Corin (I think) in the book

I don't know, I think it kind of works. The names are pronounced very differently. The problem is if you have another child (even unexpectedly). I feel you'd have to name any boy Isaac but I don't know what you'd do for a girl.

Also, people on here are going to talk about the problems of post being sent to 'Miss I Rhodxb'. I don't know how big a problem that actually is or will continue to be in future, but at least make sure their middle names start with different letters!

I think it sounds fine.

I think it’s too similar! They’d forever be given each other’s things and it makes Isla look like a sequel child. What about Ida? Iona? (Not if your surname is a noun obvs) Leila? Lila?

I've heard them together before, but with another sibling in the middle.

I really like the combination. They're similar written down but not when you say them. The different length also makes the combo very interesting and varied I think.

I think it works mainly because Isabelle and Isla sounds much easier to say than Isla and Isabelle - the 'a' in Isla runs into the 'a' in 'and' but everyone I know introduces their children in birth order.

Looking at both names you would think no immediately but actually saying them, they sound very different. Isabelle has a short 'i' sound and a 'z/s' while Isla has a long 'i' and a silent 's'.
I used to teach a little Spanish girl called Ayla pronounce Isla. Would you consider what some might think is a unique spelling to get you around the problem of the names looking similar?

There is a famous YouTube clogging family that have an Isabelle and an Isla. I've never thought it was odd.

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I've heard them together before, but with another sibling in the middle.

Let me guess. Is the sibling called Esme by any chance?

Could you spell it Ayla or Ailla? I think there are other recognised, maybe Cornish? Spellings of that name which would sound the same but look very dissimilar to Isabelle.

YouTube clogging excellent typo!

I know an isla and isabella and its fine. They really work as a duo

It's fine. They are nothing like each other.

I think they're too similar.

I'd pick Sophie Lila

Or just Lila? Lila seems different enough from Isabelle

I think it’s lovely actually.
After all the initial sounds are different.
I’d give them different middle initials though.

Isla and Isabelle are too alike in my opinion. Sophia is nice.

Also, people on here are going to talk about the problems of post being sent to 'Miss I Rhodxb'. I don't know how big a problem that actually is

My sister and I had that problem when we were both young adults living at home. Made worse by the fact that at one point we both worked for the same temping agency. Sometimes we really didn't know which of us the letter was intended for.

Of course it’s ok, they are 2 completely different names, Isabelle and Isla actually go together very nicely. Nothing alike about them except the fact that they both start with “I”.

I think it would be fine, lovely names.

I like it, go with what you love otherwise you may regret it and be resentful at worrying what these other people have said.