I adore the name Arabella for a future daughter. Some middle names ideas are Marie, Mary, and Claire. My DH likes Claire as a middle name, and Mary/Marie are in honor of my wonderful mother-in-law.
So here are some ideas:
Arabella Claire
Arabella Mary
Arabella Marie
My future sibling names would be Declan and Dominic for future brothers and Gabrielle and Anastasia for a future sister. Note that I don’t have any human children, but we do want children in the future.
I like [name_f]Arabella[/name_f]. I’ve met a few Arabellas through the years.
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It does feel a little bit upper class, or frilly, but I think it’s pretty.
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For me meaning matters a lot, and so it bothers me that [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] has an ambiguous meaning/origin.
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[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] is lovely. Have you considered [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f]? That way you get to use both names you like.
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I personally wouldn’t pair [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] with [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] as siblings, the endings are very similar.
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[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] and [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] are lovely together.
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[name_m]Declan[/name_m] feels stylistically quite different from [name_f]Arabella[/name_f], but I think [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] works nicely.
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I like it. Its very pretty and has strong girly girl vibes but the array of nicknames makes it more flexible if that ends up not being the right vibe. I think I would rank the middles [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Marie[/name_f]. The boy names go great. The girl names are matchier than I would personally go for but they’re lovely names. If I were to pick which ones I would go for I’d pick [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] and [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f].
I like the name [name_f]Arabella[/name_f]. It’s very pretty, I like the way it flows off the tongue when I say it.
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Similarly to @etymology[name_f][/name_f], I’d like to suggest [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]. That would probably be my top pick for middle names. After that, I would go with [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f].
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I agree with previous posters that [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] is a bit close in sound. [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] & [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] go wonderfully together as sisters. I like both [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] & [name_m]Dominic[/name_m], and [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] & [name_m]Declan[/name_m].
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I adore [name_f]Arabella[/name_f]! [name_f][/name_f] She’s on my own short list. [name_f][/name_f] I love [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] from your options! [name_f][/name_f] [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f] is also very lovely, though.
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] is lovely! [name_m]Bright[/name_m] and elegant but sweet too! [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f] is nice!
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I think I’d probably say choose [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] or [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] in terms of future sibs?
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] is very pretty. It’s growing in popularity here in the UK. I think it used to have quite a posh association to it but it’s popular in my working class city now
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It has lots of nickname potential, but I love it just as it is, too. If you like nicknames then you might like Ara/Ari, Belle/Bella, Elle/Ella/Ellie, or even Abi/Abbie.
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[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] would be my pick from the names you have listed.
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[name_f]Arabella[/name_f], [name_m]Declan[/name_m], [name_m]Dominic[/name_m], [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] and [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] would be lovely siblings!
I think [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] is cute! I like the [name_f]Ara[/name_f], [name_m]Ari[/name_m], [name_f]Bella[/name_f], etc nickname options that come along with it. I think Mary/Marie is a really nice middle name option to honor your MIL!
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] is pretty, girly, rather strongly evocative of a particular vibe/personality, and a fine name if you love it.
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I only have mixed feelings because it seems excessively posh/princess-y (even if you’re not, it just has that feel) and a bit ‘much’ sound-wise, since it combines the strong ‘Ar’ sound with the frilly ‘bella’ ending. (I may prefer [name_f]Arabelle[/name_f] ?)
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[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] and [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] are lovely. I think my favorite is [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] goes a long way towards grounding [name_f]Arabella[/name_f].
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[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] and [name_m]Declan[/name_m] go together well, so do [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] and [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f]. I’m less sure on [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] (could definitely work, but doesn’t seem to be the same style) and [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] (too similar to [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] IMO, they’re both long frilly names starting and ending with ‘a’).
The meanings of [name_m]Declan[/name_m] and [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] are both related to either a saint’s name or a meaning related to “prayer”. I saw that [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] can be “yielded to prayer”, which is why I selected [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] of [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] for a first daughter.
[name_f]My[/name_f] husband has [name_m]Irish[/name_m] ancestry, and [name_m]Declan[/name_m] is name that we both love. [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] goes well with [name_m]Declan[/name_m]. [name_f]My[/name_f] husband also likes the nane [name_f]Alina[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] for a girl. [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] is more of my style name-feminine and longer.