What is your favorite variation of the girl name Annabel? Poll over to the right. [Poll closed; see below.]
(P.S. You may be wondering how I choose which variation to use in the question itself, and if this means that’s the variation that’s MY favorite. What I’m doing is choosing the one the Oxford Dictionary of First Names lists as the first version of the name.)
Poll results (340 votes total):
Anabel: 16 votes, roughly 5%
Annabel: 112 votes, roughly 33%
Anabelle: 56 votes, roughly 16%
Annabelle: 145 votes, roughly 43%
Anabella: 3 votes, roughly 1%
Annabella: 8 votes, roughly 2%
other (leave in comments): 0 votes
Yay! One of my favortie names!!
I named my daughter Annabelle. I like being able to use the nickname “Belle” and I don’t think that would have worked if I had gone with Annabel. Also, Anabelle (or any one “n” variation) seems like it would be pronounced “AHnabelle”.
So Swistle, what do you think of the name? :)
Annabelle is my favorite version
Meredith, I’m not sure if I should read “AHnabelle” with a short a or a short o. I first read it “ON-uh-bell,” since the syllable “ah” is usually pronounced as short o (as in ox). But then wondered if “AHn” would rhyme with “Dan.”
I think of all the annabels as having the “Ann” part rhyme with “Dan.”
Great name, and fun to have the poll!
I voted for Annabelle, because that seems the way most people would expect it to be spelled. It also makes the ending a definite “bell.” If spelled “Anabel,” I wonder if some people might pronounce it as if it rhymed with “Hannibal.” Probably not, but the “belle” makes it absolutely clear.
Meredith- I LOVE the name, and it’s on my girl-name shortlist. My favorite spelling is Annabel, but I agree with you that Annabelle is best for the nickname Belle/Bella.
We named our daughter Annabel and I still love it. I deliberately chose this spelling because I do not like the nickname Belle.
I agree that it should have two Ns, or it’s more like Ana. I have no preference for the ending of the name.
Late to the party but I have to add! For fan’s of name origin and name meaning, Annabelle means graceful beauty (it comes from the French Anna + Belle), whereas Annabel means loveable (comes from the Celtic Amabel).
I am (obviously) Annabel spelt Annabel and, as you have to spell it all the time, I like that its only 7 letters, not 9. I also just really like it, it’s what looks right to me. (Probably because it’s my name, ha.)