arabella or felicity

[willowinthesea]

opinions please

Hmmm...not keen on either. Sorry.

They're a bit too hockey-captain for me.

I prefer Arabella. People will say it's a horsey sounding name but that is no bad thing, what's wrong with outdoorsy? It has more character than Felicity which sounds a bit prissy and lispy.

Felicity.

My niece is Arabella and if I have a girl then she will be called Felicity. I love both names.

Felicity - how wonderful to go through life with a name that means happiness.

Arabella.

Felicity - I think it is a beautiful name.

Arabella.

loads of nicknames.
fun sounding name.

Felicity sounds grey to me.

I like both and would find it hard to choose.

Which goes best with your surname?

I knew a complete cow at school called Felicity, also the only plausible abbreviation is Fliss which is dreadful (unless I'm forgetting some alternatives).

Arabella is almost stereotypically posh but has a lot more scope for good abbreviations.

mumuminthemiddle surname is westwood and i really cant decide which sounds best
felicity westwood
arabella westwood

Felicity Westwood definitely sounds the best

Flic is another nn for Felicity.

Think I prefer Arabella Westwood because I don't like the repeated "s" sounds in Felicity Westwood.

Felicity.

I love Arabella Westwood - absolutely gorgeous name. Not so keen on Felicty.

Felicity is lovely. Arabella is not.

Arabella- It's a lovely traditional name, and goes back many years, not just for pony clubbers!

I've got an Arabel; we agonised over adding the -la, but decided to go for the English version as both middle name and surname are French.