Isabelle, Isabel or Isobel?

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Just that! Which spelling do you prefer? It’s for a middle name so won’t be used in class etc.
Thanks and merry Christmas all!

I also love the Frank Turner song Isabel so that would be my inspo x

Isobel is a lovely spelling

Isobel

Isabel, as in St Clare's.
*Disclaimer, I'm drunk.

I have an Isobel, although she’s generally just Izzy (or IzBiz) these days

Isabelle is too many unnecessary letters and Isabel makes me want to say a soft S sound, so Isssssabel rather than Izzzzabel if that makes sense

@Coffeeshopcookies

Regardless of how you spell it, loads of people will end up writing it as Isabella! Even though they hear you pronounce it, they will stick that a on the end.

My sister is an Isobel and this has never once happened 😂😂

Isabel. It's my middle name and that's how it is spelled. I like it better than my first name.

First one .

Which ever one you choose it will be misspelled her entire life on a regular basis .

In our street we have an Isobel, an Isabel and an Izobel! All aged between 12-20.

Isabelle is softer & prettier IMO.

Isabel

Definitely Isabelle. Isabelle is the prettiest out of all the spellings in my opinion.

I prefer the first and the third spellings, and which looks better depends on the names either side. If the name is already quite long, or has some difficult spellings in it, definitely go with Isobel. If it's very short, like Kate Isabelle/Isobel Green, then the longer one will look nice. Otherwise, either.

Isobel, but Isabel also OK.

I think Isabelle is a bit much (though for some reason I do like Isabella).

Isabel

Thanks all. That’s narrowed it down to Isabel or Isobel 😂 We have live in Wales and have Welsh/Irish/English connections but not Scottish, so probably Isabel. Her first name will be Welsh, so I think the spelling for the middle name needs to be clean. I have six weeks left to decide! Happy Christmas everyone 🎄

@Pemba

People say Isobel is the Scottish spelling, but I find it a bit confusing as I thought the Scottish version of Isabel was Ishbel?

Ishbel is the Scots form of Isobel, but Isobel was also used. Historically there was no fixed spelling for it (or any name!), so there are more than 300 different spellings of it in the records. The middle letter could be a, e, i, o, or y, depending on the registrar, or no middle vowel at all.

It may be that no other country used an 'o', which might account for people regarding that as the Scottish version. But with 300+ precedents, any spelling could be the Scottish version!

My favourite: Isbald.

@HoratioNightboy thanks for the explanation, interesting.

@HoratioNightboy thank you so much! You’ve just decided it. Isobel it is. Isbald is tempting but… No 🤣

Another vote for Isobel, which is also my DD's middle name.

Isabelle but I also like Isabella, sounds more exotic.

Friend Isabel always got “is a bell necessary on a bike” type teasing at school. So based on that I would go with Isobel.