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I've always loved Isabelle and Isabel. The Isobel spelling has been an acquired taste for me. But now that I've grown to love it too, its roots in me are deeper.

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I have two different feelings from it. On the one hand, Isobel has a strange, almost magical feeling for me. Very bell-book-and-candle-ish. Exotic. But Isobel also makes me think of WWII England, and sensible shoes austerity. I can almost picture someone saying, "We've no time for fancy Isa- names at the moment. Stick an -o- in there and get on with it." I can't think of another name that gives me such schizophrenic feelings.

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Isobel Mariah
Isobel Myra
Isobel Rowena
Isobel Nerys
Isobel Morwenna
Isobel Bryony
Isobel Hermia / Hermione
Isobel Minerva
Isobel Juno
Isobel Flora
Isobel Serena
Isobel Marna
Isobel Freya
Isobel Clio
Isobel Miranda
Isobel Aurelia
Isobel Mireia

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Isobel Edith
Isobel Frances
Isobel Joan / Jean
Isobel Phoebe
Isobel Miriam / Marion
Isobel Freda
Isobel Edme ("no time for fancy, la-ti-da Esme either . . . .")
Isobel Audrey
Isobel Cora
Isobel Marjorie

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Some of these could have belonged in either group. Anyway, let me know if any of these tempt you. Thanks!