Annabelle or Annabel? Does Annabell look misspelt to you?

[hazeleyes94]

Is Annabell a nice spelling or does it look misspelt to you? We have Annabelle on our list but I'm leaning more towards Annabell now.

When I asked about Annabelle many people told me to use Annabel instead:

• Which spelling do you prefer and why?
• If you met someone named this, how would you spell it?
• Do you pronounce them differently?
• Which one is the original? Does anyone know?

Some comments on the spellings:

Annabell - is German and we have some heritage but the most important thing to me is that I sort of like the way it looks. Does it look misspelt to you or fine?

Annabelle - I really like it but I slightly emphasise the -belle part which I don't do for the other two. I like all pronunciations, though. Sometimes I worry about the doll or that it's too frilly.

Annabel - feels classic.

For some reason Annabell strikes the right balance for us. Annabelle is lovely but sometimes feels a bit much. Annabel is classic. Annabell feels classic but not frilly. She'll probably have to spell it anyway and I guess Annabell is easy to explain because you can say "two Ns and two Ls"?

Annabelle is beautiful

I pronounce Annabel and Isabel the English way, emphasis on the first syllable

Annabelle and Isabelle ate French and emphasise the last syllable

Annabell just looks like you didnt know how to spell Annabel. I can't think of any names that end in the spelling bell.

Annabel looks best, it's a lovely name.

I know a teenage Annabelle. I like it spelled like that, but also Annabel is fine too. Annabell looks wrong, like you've accidentally left the 'e' off. People will be constantly spelling it the other two ways by mistake.