Which type of name do you feeel would date itself more? So far the only names we can agree on are [name]Arabella[/name] and [name]Emiliana[/name]…while each themselves are not in the top 100, I feel like they each have a trendy component to them. Which do you think is a bigger trend and would be more dated. A name that nn’s to [name]Bella[/name] or a name that nn’s to [name]Emmie[/name]?
Hmmmmmmmm…I think [name]Emiliana[/name] might sound more dated.
I think the Bellas will be more dated. [name]Emily[/name] and [name]Emma[/name] have been more consistently popular over the last century and will seem less dated, they are also more classic in general. The [name]Bella[/name] names shot up out of nowhere to become mega popular and I think that will lead to them being dated.
That being said, I prefer [name]Arabella[/name] to [name]Emiliana[/name]. [name]Arabella[/name] is frilly, but it is nice and feminine. [name]Emiliana[/name] is a mouthful for me and seems like an overkill of [name]Emily[/name].
I’d say [name]Bella[/name] has the bigger risk of being “so 2011” because of Twilight. [name]Emma[/name] and [name]Emily[/name] and [name]Emmeline[/name] are a lot less obviously connected to pop culture. [name]Emerson[/name] might be more problematic, as it were. [name]Emiliana[/name] is sort of done-up sounding, like [name]Emily[/name] wasn’t enough, although i do think it’s pretty.
I think -bel, not [name]Bella[/name], still sounds fresh. [name]Emiliana[/name] is so ornate and so linked to [name]Emily[/name], it loses luster. While [name]Arabella[/name] is definitely trendy, [name]Amabel[/name], [name]Mirabel[/name], or [name]Christabel[/name] are not.
I think both names are distinguished enough to be fine. However, [name]Emiliana[/name] has more nickname options if she wants to escape the “[name]Em[/name]” trend - [name]Mila[/name], [name]Millie[/name], [name]Lia[/name], [name]Liana[/name], [name]Ana[/name], even [name]Lillie[/name]. With [name]Arabella[/name] you only have [name]Bella[/name], [name]Ari[/name] and maybe [name]Abbie[/name].
That’s difficult. They’re both still on the upswing. I agree with blade that its -bel names in general, with or without the ‘a’, that are popular now. I am partial to [name]Arabella[/name], but I do love [name]Emmeline[/name] and [name]Emilia[/name]. Not [name]Emiliana[/name], though.
What about [name]Mirabelle[/name]? I don’t like [name]Arabella[/name] as much because as a young child I would pronounce it Arab-ella. The way that it’s spelled.
[name]Mirabelle[/name] is sweeter and lends more nicknames.
[name]Emiliana[/name] seems too elaborate. Out of 8 letters, 5 are vowels. Vowels can make a name seem lyrical or melodic, but ana ending sort of bogs it down. I prefer the simpler [name]Emmeline[/name].
The bigger of the two trends is the em beginning: [name]Emily[/name], [name]Emma[/name], [name]Emmeline[/name], [name]Emiliana[/name], [name]Emerald[/name], [name]Emerson[/name], [name]Emilia[/name], [name]Emmanuelle[/name], [name]Emmy[/name], [name]Emrys[/name].
The only real bella name that’s commonly used is [name]Isabella[/name] because of Twilight.
I like [name]Emiliana[/name] better between [name]Arabella[/name] and [name]Emiliana[/name].
Between [name]Mirabella[/name] & [name]Emmeline[/name], I can’t choose.
In general, I think -bella names will sound more dated because I can see [name]Bella[/name] and [name]Isabella[/name] experiencing a sharp drop in the future once Twilight wears out its welcome. Although theyre still at the top of the list, I can’t see names like [name]Emily[/name] and [name]Emma[/name] feeling too horribly dated down the road, theyre more classics that cycle through popularity, like the Sarahs and Rachels of the 80s.
Of the two, I’d prefer [name]Emiliana[/name], although I think depending on how its said, it can sound very lovely or very over-the-top. I prefer [name]Emilia[/name] and some of the less elaborate [name]Em[/name]- names.