Lulabelle: is it too....something?

[jenna5128]

What are our thoughts on Lulabelle? And yes, I realized since my girl name plans began at "Andrew" (no longer a contender) I am really running the gamut but here is my thinking:

PROS:
-I'm basically trying to get to Lulu (and my interest in Eloise has waned)
-Lulu was my great grandmother's name but she hated it so pronounced it "Lula" all her life
-I can't just go with Lula because daddy's last name begins with a "la" sound
-Yes, I know that's alliterative and I like that

CONS:
-It's...I don't know... country?
-My issue with Lulu on its own is it doesn't have enough gravitas for an adult & Lulabelle hardly has more
-My cat's name is Annabel (i.e. a bad sibset, even though one sib has fur)
-I hate all names that end with "bella" and I worry people will accidentally call her Lulabella because of the -ella epidemic

[namelover77]

Lulabelle would be even harder for a little girl to grow up with than Lulu. I don't really have a way to improve Lulabelle other than to scratch it off the list and use another name with the "loo" sound.

Louise/Louisa
Lucetta
Lucine
Lucinda
Melusine
Tallulah
Luella
Luana
Luna
Lumina
Lumiere
Luanda
Lucy
Lucia
Luciana
Lucienne
Lucille
Alouette

You could always use a double barrel name with a -Lou ending.

Mary-Lou
Emmy-Lou
Ruby-Lou
Thandie-Lou
Vera-Lou
Sophie-Lou
Emma-Lou
Amara-Lou
Verity-Lou
Sadie-Lou
Sarah-Lou
Gemma-Lou
Sonia-Lou
Tonya-Lou
Anna-Lou
Aria-Lou
Patricia-Lou
Fiona-Lou
Jenna-Lou
Josie-Lou
Cora-Lou

[peacelovepurple]

I really, really, um...dislike Lulabelle. If you're just looking to get to Lulu, how about Lucy? It's so much simpler and less frilly, yet still girly and cute, and people definitely know how to pronounce it. I adore Lucy, and you could nickname your little Lucy Lulu.

[jenna5128]

I LOVE Lucy but my husband hates it. And it can't end in "La" because his last name starts with "La" so that kills Tallulah, which I also love. I pitched "Ana Lucia" but he vetoed all double barrels. This is how I arrived at Lulabelle, but I'm considering just "Lulu" now, gravitas or no.

[emiliaj]

I think it's very cute for a toddler... less so for a woman.
Luella would be elegant on an adult. You could always nn her Lulu from that too. Even call her Lulabelle as a special nn.
Another idea- go for Eloise still but put a Belle name in the middle spot to give the nn Lulubelle.
Eloise Rosabelle or Eloise Mirabelle

[rubysophia]

Lulabelle works. It's a little hard to picture on a grown woman, but I can see it working. I personally love the nickname Lula, but prefer full names such as Louisa, Lucy and Luella

[vedettessoir]

To me, this looks like one of those celebrity baby names. Its definitely a something, but not in a crazy bad way. Its very cutesy, but some people really like that. If I personally had to grow up with that name, I think I would have dropped the Lula or the Belle as soon as adolescence hit.

[stripedsocks]

I think I would be pushing for a different Lucy-variant that's more acceptable to your spouse - Lucinda, Lucilla, and particularly with your last name, Lucienne. (Just because the -enne sound is soft while not running into La-). Or Luna.

If you hate -bella names I really don't think Lulabelle is going avoid -bella confusion completely, especially because "-belle" turns into "bella" when its "Lulabelle La-"

[irmgard+theodorian]

Lulabelle: too immature and too repetitive. (5 letters: a,b,e,l,u and 9 letters in Lulabelle.) Sweet as it looks like Lullaby.

Ways to get to Lou:

Alouette
Eluned
Emmylou
Evalouise
Fflur
Heloise
Louella
Louisa / Louise / Louisiana
Lourdes
Louvaine (Louise's vanity)
Louve (female wolf)
Lucasta
Lucelia
Lucero
Lucetta
Lucia / Lucina / Luciana
Luciille / Lucinda
Lucretia / Lucrezia
Ludmilla / Ludwina
Lugenia
Luitgard
Lumina / Luminosa
Luna / Lune
Lur / Lurissa
Lutana / Lutgarda / Lutrudis
Luvelle / Luvena
Lux
Luz / Luzille / Luzmaria / Luzmila
Marilou
Melusine
Nibelung
Nilufer (water lily)
Pelulio ( a treasure from the sea)
Plum
Tallulah
Willoughby