Thoughts on Beatrice?

animalcrckr

I am supposed to be on a self imposed break from names but…what are your opinions on Beatrice?  Siblings are Henry, Samuel and Eleanor.  

We are team green.  Our existing name list includes:

Boy:  William

George

Girl:  Rosemary

        Elizabeth

Irishcurls

Absolutely love, especially with that sibset. I like your whole list. 

DawnJM25

Love.  It's great with your sibset, too.

Dr.Loretta

Adorable

jaz464

I think I like Beatrix better too. Easier to say. And I think the X is just cool

animalcrckr

sassquatch said:

I love the name. Food for thought: the heroine in the Divergent series name is Beatrice (Tris), so it may get more popular now.

I'm ok will popularity.  William is one of our top boy names:)

sasq09

Love it. Sounds so great with your other children. Also much ado about nothing is my fav Shakespeare

DaisyZH

I adore Beatrice.

Lottie&Paul

I really like Beatrice a lot, but I prefer Rosemary.

motherboy

I love Beatrice and your whole naming style!

chapstix7

Love Beatrice, but alas, my DH vetoed it for any future hypothetical children. I love your other names too, my second choice would be Rosemary.

Ineedmorecoffee

Love and wish I was ballsy enough to use it. I love the nickname Bea!

kushie77

Love it, I would use it in a heartbeat, but H won't get on board

divinemsbee

Love it. It's on our list along with Beatrix (I love Trixie). I have a goddaughter Rosemary, and I love that name as well.

PB&J714

LOVE!

animalcrckr

ramy3695 said:

LOVE Beatrice. I don't think it will rise too much in popularity because of Divergent. Maybe a little, but I doubt it will be in the top 10 any time soon. And if it is, then awesome. Because it's an awesome name.

If we have a second girl her name will be Beatrix. I prefer Beatrix because according to Behind the Name, it's the original, Latin form of the name and Beatrice is the Italian form. I've also always loved Beatrix Potter.

I must be really out of it b/c I have no idea what Divergent is.  I haven't even entertained the thought of Beatrix.  I will have to ponder that for awhile but it's definitely growing on me. 

blu-eyedwife

Love both Beatrice and Beatrix.  I have a friend who recently had a Beatrix.  My toddler calls her "Baby Dix" (Trix)

srashell

Love Beatrice!  

firsttimeauntie

Freakin amazing with your sibset!

queenbone

I know a little 4 yo Beatrice. she is darling. My personal preference is Beatrix, but I think Beatrice is great with your sibset. 

I would only eliminate Elizabeth because of its similarity to Eleanor.

animalcrckr

queenbone said:

I know a little 4 yo Beatrice. she is darling. My personal preference is Beatrix, but I think Beatrice is great with your sibset. 

I would only eliminate Elizabeth because of its similarity to Eleanor.

Thanks, I'm thinking the same thing about Elizabeth.  

julesgilead

I love it, and I like it WAY more than Beatrix. If you ask me, Beatrix is a unnecessarily harsh twist on a lovely, soft but strong name. It works wonderfully with your siblings. I think Beatrice Rosemary would be a beautiful if a bit long name combination.

I think of Beezus and Aunt Bea from the Ramona Quimby books, which in my opinion is a lovely namesake, and the heroine from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, another great connection. One of my closest friends is a Beatrice who goes by Bea.

dancingmatilda

Love Beatrice!

saham07

Love it so much!

Mamatolilbee

I love Beatrice nn Bea! It is my Grandma's name and I have brought it up a few times for #2 and DH keeps shooting it down!

this decaf life

I love it, it's the name I have in mind if we have another DD. It definitely got a lot less "I love it" comments when I asked about a year ago. 

koalaberry

I like Beatrice. I like Rosemary more. I've tried to sell both to my husband but he vetoed. Why? He just plan didn't like them.

Lauren238

I love it, but DH hates it...so it had to go off our list

4N6s

I don't like it at all. Also, She doesn't have a nickname option if she doesn't like her name.

4N6s

Sorry. I've never heard those before.

EXL311

Beatrice is okay.  I used to think it was awful but it's starting to grow on me.  It does go well with your sibset.  Your names have a very royal family feel to it, especially with Henry, William and George.

BlackNYellow

I love both Beatrice and Beatrix. Both sound lovely with your sibset. 

pearl198704

Love beatrice!! Not a fan of rosemary

moseyma

Lottie&Paul said:

I really like Beatrice a lot, but I prefer Rosemary.

^ Me too.

allthecheese

I am trying to like Beatrice but..... This is why I could never use Beatrice!

This I what I stared at every morning of my childhood in Canada while i ate my cereal. All the cartons had a slogan at the time "Parmalat has a new name! Beatrice!" That's all I can think of lol. But I'm trying really hard to like it anyway lol.