what do you think of the name Arabella?

[robinredbreast]

yes it me again lol you lot are putting me off Giselle [think the tought of it being shorted to gis ot jiz is too much

im not too keen on rose, i knew a rose once and did not like her but that does go together well nice and short

yeah doesnt flow your right

my girls name selection was megan rose, cos my great name was rose - i love to suggest to others every so often cos i ended up with 2 boys (arabella grace?)

great name???
great nan!

Arabella Joy?

www.baby-guide.com/italian-baby-girl-names.html

Here's some names. Let's see if an Italian one fits. I like Arabella Rose too. Depends on your surname of course

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Arabella Rose is nice, Izzy.

But the one-syllable surname is a difficult one. Arabella Rose (e.g.) Smith ends a bit abruptly for my liking. So I'm thinking back to a longer name...

Do you think that Arabella Maddalena Smith is too much?

You need a middle name that starts with a consonant, imho, to stop the 'a' at the end of Arabella merging with the start of the middle name (so not Arabella Anna, for instance)

What about:
Arabella Beatrice Smith?
Arabella Carlotta Smith?
Arabella Maria is maybe a bit obvious, no?
Arabella Chiara?
Arabella Susanna?
Arabella Lauretta?

Or why not go back to your original idea and call her Arabella Gisèle?

Arabell Grace is nice

Not overly keen on Arabella, what about Aria? That was on my top 10 when pregnant with dd. Think it means precious rose, or something like that.

Though I think Arabella Rose sounds lovely

Actually, I am thinking that Arabella Gisèle Smith sounds really really nice.

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Aria means 'air', so would make me think of an air-head . Actually, we should have called my dd1 that... she was made for the name Aria!

And if you use Gisèle as a middle name you don't run the risk of it being shortened to anything.

OMG some of the names on that list though (you have to scroll down), i.e. Gustava. Can you imagine it?

Actually I liked Letizia from that list. Not in combination with Arabella I don't think but as a first name.

mmm jingellbells your right a longer middle name does go

Arabella - gorgeous. Go for it. Giselle a bit pretentious unless you're French

i like ashley i dont want three italian names maybe an english or neutral middle name

I like the name Aria. It reminds me of Ariel, The little Mermaid, for some reason!

but that s aa

Letizia is nice SSS, but does lead to various 'tits' jokes. (Used to work with one...).

Robinredbreast, I think you need a 2-syllable name (according to my special scientific method) with the stress on the 2nd syllable, so if not Gisèle/Giselle something that sounds like that ... like... um... can't think of anything now. Louise? Marie? No Italian names have that sound pattern (at least, not that I can think of) because they are almost always stressed on the penultimate syllable.

Arabella Charlotte
Arabella Louise
Arabella Elizabeth
....where's my baby name book..........

i love your scientific approach lol its great

Arabella Charlotte i really like that

ok two-syllable English middle names we need according to the scientific approach then

Arabella Frances (short for the italian Francesca?)..........