Isabel, Isabelle, or Isobel?

[ThatSharpGreenTurtle]

Which one do you prefer and why?

Chose Isabel as I don't like unnecessary letters being added, Isabelle is unnecessarily long. Isobel makes me think of Isobars so Isabel it is, which feels simple, phonetic and a bit more international to me. The other two are to me definitely french or Scottish.

I like Isabelle because it looks pretty and to me that looks more like how it sounds

Just not Isabelle. Too faffy.

Isabel is simpler.
Isabelle is too frilly, might as well use Isabella.
Isobel looks like a Scottish great-granny's name.

Not keen on Izzy or Bella.

Isobel or Isabel. Isabelle is unnecessarily frilly.

Similarly, Annabel is so much better than Annabelle.

Isobel is the usual spelling I see where i live but in 40 years I never taught one and don't know of any little Isobels.

I prefer the look of Isobel. You can also just say ' with an o' and don't have to go into the 'with one l or double l and an e' business.

I wouldn't say Isobel and Isabel the same and Isobel makes me think of Isobars and Isomers. It's a bit prim.

In the lift, leaving the maternity ward with DD2, I met another new mum who had named her baby that. After complimenting her and her new baby, I asked, just making conversation, which spelling she would use. Immediately, her husband leapt in, 'See!! See! What did I tell you!'

(I can't remember which one she had chosen; I think it was Isabelle)

Isobel

Isobel - because it’s beautiful.

I prefer Isabel.

There are the Z rather than S variants too, if you want some more options to consider...

Izzabella or better still Izzabella.

Ishbel?

I have an Isabelle. Never had any problems with spelling.

What about Isabella?

Isobel. I like the Scottishness.

I’m an Isobel, but I do prefer it, less frilly, more classic

I prefer Isabella. But of your options, Isobel.

Isobel. Simple, elegant, easy to spell.

I prefer Isobel, but it's a nice name however you spell it. I've only ever taught one, despite the popularity on a national level in the 00s and 2010s, and that was about 12 years ago now. She was Isabel.

Yes, all you have to do is correct the Isabelle and Isabel spellings you'll get first.

I've always liked simple Isobel, such a pretty name doesn't need fancying up with extra letters.