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Help[Opinions] Re: Arabella
in reply to a message by cnmuffintops
I actually like it alright. I think there are only two -ella names I like - one is Marcella, and the other is Arabella.
I don't think it seems frilly. Arabella seems to me about as frilly as Alberta or Abigail.
Annabella and Isabella seem frilly to me - maybe because of the letters in them.
Or maybe because they have the options Annabel and Isabel, which I prefer.
I'd also probably like Arabel more than Arabella, but it's not offering itself as an alternative.
The only thing that would prevent me from putting Arabel on my fave list, would be that it contains the word Arab - not that there is anything wrong with Arabs but if I were to use the name, I can't un-notice the word there. I don't notice it when I meet an Arabella though, only when I overthink the name.
I've met a young Arabella (born right about the time it hit top 1k) and was a little surprised at how normal and usable the name seemed. Sometimes with names that have never been popular, and/or I've never seen them as people's names, I struggle with perceiving them as regular people-names. Like Penelope and Persephone. But Athena and Arabella fit their bearers really well. I had once liked Annabel(le) but when I met one in real life, I decided I did not like it.
- mirfak
I don't think it seems frilly. Arabella seems to me about as frilly as Alberta or Abigail.
Annabella and Isabella seem frilly to me - maybe because of the letters in them.
Or maybe because they have the options Annabel and Isabel, which I prefer.
I'd also probably like Arabel more than Arabella, but it's not offering itself as an alternative.
The only thing that would prevent me from putting Arabel on my fave list, would be that it contains the word Arab - not that there is anything wrong with Arabs but if I were to use the name, I can't un-notice the word there. I don't notice it when I meet an Arabella though, only when I overthink the name.
I've met a young Arabella (born right about the time it hit top 1k) and was a little surprised at how normal and usable the name seemed. Sometimes with names that have never been popular, and/or I've never seen them as people's names, I struggle with perceiving them as regular people-names. Like Penelope and Persephone. But Athena and Arabella fit their bearers really well. I had once liked Annabel(le) but when I met one in real life, I decided I did not like it.
- mirfak
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