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Ems2684 · April 2013

Last week we finally found out that it's a girl - yay Team Pink! We're really excited but are having a little bit of trouble deciding on a name.

So far our frontrunner is Isabel, with Izzy as a nickname, BUT my hesitation is that Isabel/Isabelle is so popular. I also have a popular name, so I know how annoying it can be to be one of 5 kids with the same name in your class/group of friends/office.

I'm a FTM and most of my friends don't have kids yet, so I personally don't know any little Isabels. What about you all - are there tons of Isabels running around? I might post this on the Baby Name board as well, but thought I'd get the August mamas opinions first. Thanks!

janneann1127 · April 2013

I don't know any, actually. It's a pretty name, but I would worry about popularity as well.

rissa06 · April 2013

Isabella is a popular name here, but Isabel I haven't heard in a while. It's pretty. It's one of the names we were thinking about with our dd.

plunderb · April 2013

Yes, there are lots of little Isabels around. I know two under age five, with three more who have Isabel as a middle name. And I don't know that many little kids personally.

Remember that Isabel's popularity is even higher than it looks on lists

Soleil3 · April 2013

I've been using my state top 100 to gauge popularity, a lot of the common popular names overall aren't common in my state.

MrsNyberg09 · April 2013

It is a popular name I know quite a few of them.

manditxg · April 2013

I have an Isabella as a niece she's two and we call her Itsy for short

Alex+Noah · April 2013

I have an Isabella in my kinder class, but thats the only one I know. I agree with you though, that I don't want to give my child an overly popular name where I have to worry about 5 other (insert name) in the class.

cinderin · April 2013

I know a fair amount of kids/babies named Isabelle. I know at least one who is "Izzy" for short.

As a kid I grew up with at least one other Erin in every single class or group I was in, I also have always had at least one other Erin in each of my

carlieanddanwedding · April 2013

It's a very popular name. I would call it this generation's "Jessica" or "Ashley". I don't know that many little kids, but I have a coworker with a 3 year old named Isabel, and my cousin's little daughter who just turned one is named Isabella Rose. I t

Ems2684 · April 2013

Soleil3:
I've been using my state top 100 to gauge popularity, a lot of the common popular names overall aren't common in my s

Hlenhart · April 2013

I think it's cute!

Starynightsky24 · April 2013

I'm a teacher and have had an Isabel or Isabella in my class each year for the last three years. I also have a friend with an Isabella.

afrochick09 · April 2013

I have 2 in my close circle of friends kids alone. Pretty popular where I am.

piperjayne · April 2013

I only know one Isabella, who goes by Izzy. I know no Isabels. I know an Isadora whose family calls her zizi, which I think is adorable. I like Isabel too.

V&G101808 · April 2013

I don't know any Isabel's. I like it! There are definitely a lot of Isabella's though...

tiffbot1985 · April 2013

We actually just had some friends give birth to an Isabelle last week! But she is the only baby Isabelle I know. My great aunt's name is Isobel.

Snowbird7 · April 2013

Have you thought of using a longer name that could be shortened to Izzy, but is not the popular Isabel? For example, my friend wanted to use the nickname Max but didn't like Maxim, Maximillan, etc., so she named him Malcolm.

Izzy

thisiseverything · April 2013

I only know one, and she is in her 50s so it doesn't seem to be too popular here in Toronto!

I think it's a beautiful name.

MrsI · April 2013

I have cousin about 10 named Isabella,nn Izzy. Another cousin 3 named Isabelle nn Bella. A friends daughter 3 Isabelle, nn Belle. And I work at a preschool there are currently 4 in the 4s and 5s. But it seems to have died down a bit from that burst 3 to

foodwatersleep · April 2013

We decided on the name Isabella. I was in the opposite situation you were with a very unusual name growing up, then and now, people have always mispronounced or misspelled my name. It gave me a bit of a complex growing up, low self esteem as it was easy f

Ems2684 · April 2013

ayanahazel1:
Have you thought of using a longer name that could be shortened to Izzy, but is not the popular Isabel? For example,

vintageutopia · April 2013

Both of my kids have a few in their classes, but I hear Madison, Avery, Ava, etc. much more.

I think it is such a pretty name.

Creedon778 · April 2013

babynamewizard.com can tell you how popular the name is in your state

SarahKate31 · April 2013

I don't personally know any little kids named Isabelle, but I don't know that many little kids.

I can tell you I was one of 4 Sarah's in my class growing up. I hated being Sarah [LastInitial], but it wasn't *that* big of a deal. For reference, Sa

MammaBear81 · April 2013

My daughters name is Isabel (she is 4 1/2) and I honestly didn't care how many there were in the world, I like the name, and it was a way of honoring my Grandmother (Elizabeth). Remember no matter how popular the name is it doesn't mean there will b

kcox123 · April 2013

We use a small daycare center (12-15 kids per class/age group so about 100 kids total. There is one Isabelle/a in each class and two in one of them (one goes by Izzy and the other by Bella).

I also know maybe 3-4 young Isabelle/a's outside of da

starshower22 · April 2013

Ems2684:
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cbm3228 · April 2013

I would also recommend spelling it Isabelle- Isabel in my opinion looks like it's spelled wrong.

Also, I know an Isabella but not an Isabelle. I don't think my son has any Isabelle's in his class either.

MammaBear81 · April 2013

cbm3228:
I would also recommend spelling it Isabelle- Isabel in my opinion looks like it's spelled wrong.
Also, I know a

MrsBlindLove · April 2013

I know four little girls with that name just at my church alone. They are all around a year or two of each other. It's a very popular name but I wouldn't let that stop you or at least I wouldn't let that stop me.

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