I've got a character situation where a secondary character has been named in honor of the main character...and it's making things confusing. Should I use a nickname for the child, or should I rename her entirely? The name is Issobell...I was thinking Bella as a nickname, but for obvious reasons in the modern world I feel that is a name to be avoided...
Maybe the girl could be named after Issobell's favorite...plant? Book? Goodness, what books were printed by the 1640s?
Naming her for a favorite thing of the main character might make more sense...back to the research drawing board. Any suggestions?
Izzy or just Bell(e)?
ReplyDeleteI like Belle, or maybe Issy since it's Issobell...I can hear Issy with a British accent in my head, it sounds nice.
ReplyDeleteThe character lives in the 1600s...both the main and the secondary named after her, so I don't know about Izzy...is Belle too French?
ReplyDeleteEtymology links Isabel to Elizabeth
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