Annabel Spelling?

lifeonthehill

How would you spell this? I know there are so many spellings. I think we like Annabel but I am not sure which one H and I like best.

ETA Is Annabel the original spelling? 

allardr

I love long first names so we went with Annabelle for our DD. I will say though many still ask for clarification on spelling since it is widely known that there are multiple spellings. 

I say atleast avoid the worst of those: Anabell & Anabel.

Empireceo

We will be using Annabelle, this spelling, as mn for this baby if it's a girl.  It's MIL's name.

WinsyWade

If our baby is a girl, her name will be Annabelle.  I always like the longer version of spellings (Isabelle vs. Isabel, Vivienne vs. Vivian, etc)

strawberrytree

The only spellings I have seen are Annabel and Annabelle. Between the two I prefer Annabel, since it seems less 'frilly' to me. 

lifeonthehill

strawberrytree said:

The only spellings I have seen are Annabel and Annabelle. Between the two I prefer Annabel, since it seems less 'frilly' to me. 

I think that is why H and I are more drawn to Annabel

bwralc

I like Annabelle. Annabel seems unfinished to me

lifeonthehill

Joy2611 said:

WinsyWade said:

If our baby is a girl, her name will be Annabelle.  I always like the longer version of spellings (Isabelle vs. Isabel, Vivienne vs. Vivian, etc)

BAH.  Vivian and Vivienne are NOT interchangeable spellings!  They have two different pronunciations.  Seriously.

 

Annabel was how Poe spelled it.  Annabelle is also nice.  I don't like the others.

We have been looking for literary names and we are both Poe fans. Yet another reason we are leaning towards Annabel. 

diamondduck13

mj.reilly said:

I prefer Annabel.

Annabelle is way to frilly and over the top for me.

This

WinsyWade

Joy2611 said:

WinsyWade said:

If our baby is a girl, her name will be Annabelle.  I always like the longer version of spellings (Isabelle vs. Isabel, Vivienne vs. Vivian, etc)

BAH.  Vivian and Vivienne are NOT interchangeable spellings!  They have two different pronunciations.  Seriously.

 

Where are you from?  I've found that people in different parts of the US say words very differently.  (ie Laura, Lora and Lara) 

Scarlett&Gatsby

I prefer Annabelle. I know Annabel is older and whatever, but in my head I ALWAYS pronounce it like Hannibal.

Empireceo

Scarlett&Gatsby said:

I prefer Annabelle. I know Annabel is older and whatever, but in my head I ALWAYS pronounce it like Hannibal.

Me too!

mh89

I voted for Annabelle but I also really like Annabel. You can't really go wrong with either spelling. 

bwralc

Joy2611 said:

WinsyWade said:

Joy2611 said:

WinsyWade said:

If our baby is a girl, her name will be Annabelle.  I always like the longer version of spellings (Isabelle vs. Isabel, Vivienne vs. Vivian, etc)

BAH.  Vivian and Vivienne are NOT interchangeable spellings!  They have two different pronunciations.  Seriously.

 

Where are you from?  I've found that people in different parts of the US say words very differently.  (ie Laura, Lora and Lara) 

It's not  a matter of where you are from.  Vivienne is French and follows the French pronunciation. 

Vivian = VIV-ee-ann

Vivienne - vivi-ENNE

 

@Joy2611 I'm not sure where you are getting those pronunciations from.  I've been on behindthe name, nameberry and even went to the pronunciation websites.  I can not hear a difference in the pronunciation of Vivian vs Vivienne except those with a french accent say it with well....a french accent.  I have never heard anyone say Vivi-ann.  Just saying I think your being a little harsh.  Pronunciation is totally about where your from and your accent as well.  Just like my daughters name Olivia.  No one in my area says O-livia.....like no one.  Everyone says Uh-livia.

WinsyWade

Huh. I know of one person that pronounced Vivian as Vivi-Ann and she spelled it that way (Vivianne). I thought she was being obnoxious and excentric.

Scarlett&Gatsby

bwralc said:

Joy2611 said:

WinsyWade said:

Joy2611 said:

WinsyWade said:

If our baby is a girl, her name will be Annabelle.  I always like the longer version of spellings (Isabelle vs. Isabel, Vivienne vs. Vivian, etc)

BAH.  Vivian and Vivienne are NOT interchangeable spellings!  They have two different pronunciations.  Seriously.

 

Where are you from?  I've found that people in different parts of the US say words very differently.  (ie Laura, Lora and Lara) 

It's not  a matter of where you are from.  Vivienne is French and follows the French pronunciation. 

Vivian = VIV-ee-ann

Vivienne - vivi-ENNE

 

@Joy2611 I'm not sure where you are getting those pronunciations from.  I've been on behindthe name, nameberry and even went to the pronunciation websites.  I can not hear a difference in the pronunciation of Vivian vs Vivienne except those with a french accent say it with well....a french accent.  I have never heard anyone say Vivi-ann.  Just saying I think your being a little harsh.  Pronunciation is totally about where your from and your accent as well.  Just like my daughters name Olivia.  No one in my area says O-livia.....like no one.  Everyone says Uh-livia.

It's a difference in stress. You stress the first syllable in Vivian; you stress the last syllable in Vivienne. The French accent you're hearing, I assume, is the stress placed on the correct syllable in Vivienne.

Pronunciation is affected, but not dictated by, the region you live in. Using a French name means using a French pronunciation (with a few exceptions for names that have been completely assimilated into English, and adapted to an Anglicized pronunciation regardless of spelling, such as Jacqueline). Vivienne is not one of those names.

Zimger

We chose this name for our 2nd Angel Baby. We liked Annabel because it was simple. 

Annabelle just seems to frilly. Plus I liked the connection to Poe.