[name_f]Isobel[/name_f] and s my favourite name for a girl but I highly dislike [name_u]Izzy[/name_u] as I see it as a quite masculine because I know an [name_m]Isaiah[/name_m] who goes by [name_u]Issy[/name_u] and my brother [name_m]Isaac[/name_m] gets it sometimes too. But I know many [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] s and Isabels who are called [name_u]Izzy[/name_u]/izzie/[name_f]Issi[/name_f]. Is [name_u]Izzy[/name_u] a definite nickname for [name_f]Isobel[/name_f] or would they more likely be [name_f]Bella[/name_f] which I love.
Yeah, I think it is kind of inevitable, although [name_f]Bella[/name_f] is probably a more likely nn. If you like the name so much as it is though, make a point of telling people that [name_f]Isobel[/name_f] is the child’s not [name_u]Izzy[/name_u]/[name_f]Bella[/name_f]/etc and you’d prefer it if they called her that. My mum never did it with me, but I now make a point of taking my time to respond if someone calls me [name_u]Jess[/name_u] instead of [name_f]Jessica[/name_f]. It’s kind of rude of me, but I’ve told people I hate the nn and if they choose not to listen then that’s their problem.
@[name_f]Jessica[/name_f] my grandmother is [name_f]Isobel[/name_f] which is why I want to use it.
You can definitely encourage the use of [name_f]Bella[/name_f] instead of [name_u]Izzy[/name_u]. However, her little friends might use [name_u]Izzy[/name_u] and she might like it.
I know four little girls called [name_f]Isobel[/name_f]/[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]/[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]; one is an [name_u]Izzy[/name_u] who also gets Zazie by family (Zazie-[name_f]Belle[/name_f] by her dad which is adorable) one is a [name_f]Bella[/name_f], but the other two are ‘just [name_f]Isobel[/name_f]’.
I don’t think you have issues if you corrected people who shortened it. Or if you offered some alternative?
Whatever nn you go with is what will generally be used by everyone else so go with [name_f]Bella[/name_f]. What about [name_f]Isabella[/name_f]? More likely to get [name_f]Bella[/name_f] that way. I know a little girl who is [name_f]Isobel[/name_f] but gets [name_f]Bel[/name_f] [name_f]Bel[/name_f].
You can certainly encourage [name_f]Bella[/name_f] instead of [name_u]Izzy[/name_u], but all bets are off when your dd is older. She may end up being a bit masculine, and preferring a masculine nn. Or she may just like [name_u]Izzy[/name_u] better. I think it is wise to just not use a name that has a nn you really dislike.
I love [name_u]Isa[/name_u] for [name_f]Isabel[/name_f], but I guess that doesn’t work for [name_f]Isobel[/name_f]. I think if you call her [name_f]Belle[/name_f] or [name_f]Bella[/name_f] all the time, it will stick and that will be her name with friends/at school, etc. But if it’s just an occasional nickname and she’s called [name_f]Isobel[/name_f] at school, friends will likely shorten to Iz/[name_u]Izzy[/name_u].
I looove [name_f]Isobel[/name_f]. I’d call [name_f]Isobel[/name_f] [name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
Yes! I know an [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] and we NEVER call her [name_u]Izzy[/name_u]! I really like [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]/[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]. We call the one I know [name_f]Isabel[/name_f], Is, and [name_u]Isa[/name_u].
I love [name_f]Isobel[/name_f] - it’s my favorite spelling. I probably wouldn’t use it as a first, just because the popularity puts me off a little, but it is beautiful.
To me [name_f]Bella[/name_f]/[name_u]Bell/name_u is the more obvious nickname, but I actually prefer [name_u]Izzy[/name_u]. I think it’s so spunky. It might help that I’ve never met anyone with the name though. And the only [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]/[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]'s I’ve know have never used [name_u]Izzy[/name_u] either.