annabelle and variations

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i posted here a couple of months ago about a little girl i met named annabelle who was so sassy, i just fell in love with the little toothless wonder. in the past couple of months, i have really fallen in love with the name, and more and more have realized i adore the name anna, so i think its a great fit, and is nearing the top of my list.

what do you guys think? is it popular? do you think its trendy? i dont mind popular names, but trendy i would really like to avoid.

so... annabelle? annabel? or, anabel?

i think annabelle looks the best, but dont want her to be called belle or bella at all, so it seems to be like annabel could avoid that at least somewhat, now maybe i am clearly insane, but it looks unbalanced to me, does that make sense? therefore, anabel popped up too.