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I am an Isabella too!!!

when i was little i wanted my nickanme to be iszie but now i make everyone call me Bella( i started having Spanish lessons and the moment i realised Bella meant beautiful i had to be called it!!)

My parents picked my name just before it became popular i don't know any isabella's older than me but quite a few younger ones.!!! best name!!!

Isabella is #1 on the list of top 100 'cool names' for girls in the baby name book "Cool Names" by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz.

Personal experiences with the name Isabella: | Edit

I am an Isabella and love it :) Everyone tells me that they think it's a beautiful name

I am an Isabella too : ] it's actually a really good name - loads of nicknames and variations, the only thing i can't stand is people calling me / miss spelling : "isobella, isobel" i'm glad my parents were nice and creative, it was "isabella" or "violet" when i was little :D

Please, no more Isabels, Isabelles, or Isabellas! Or Sophias. We now have five little girls named Isabel/la in a neighborhood radius of 5 blocks, and three Sophias. Not to mention an Isabel Sophia. This name is epidemic in Yuppieland.

My name is Sarah, but my best friends name is Isabella! It was too long for me, so i always said Isa. But, I wanted something more unique so i tried Bella, but it didn't really work out. So, randomly one day I called her Isasa!!! And now thats what I call her all the time. never call her Isa anymore...

My best friend's name is Isabella too, and she loves it. Another of my friends and I are a little obsessed with names, so we are always talking about what we want to be named. Whenever we ask her, however, she always responds "I love Isabella!"

Nicknames for Isabella: | Edit

Izzy, Bella, Belle, Isa (E-sa), Isabel, Ibby, Ella, Chabela, Zsa Zsa, Sabel, Ibby, Belita, Tibby, Isa (Iz-a)

Meanings and history of the name Isabella: | Edit

Beautiful (Italian).

Queen Isabella of Spain dispatched Christopher Columbus for the New World.

Famous real-life people named Isabella: | Edit

Actress Isabella Rosselini

Isabella Stewart Gardner, art collector and philanthropist who created the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston (where all women named Isabella get in for free)

Isabella in song, story & screen: | Edit

Isobel- By Bjork
Isabel, character in "Fools Rush In"
Isabella Swan, character in the book series and movie "Twilight"
Isabella, a character in Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure"
Isabella is a lorry in Thomas the Tank Engine