Beatrix / Trixie - yes or no?

bread&jam · September 2011

Inspired by the Trixie Belden mystery series! I loved those books growing up and have loved the name Beatrix / Trixie ever since. I'm really more curious about what people think of the nickname Trixie more than the big girl name Beatrix. Cute or not?

jennasita · September 2011

Not a fan of nn Trixie. Beatrix is great, however. Prefer nn Bea or Betty.

checkrdtop · September 2011

No, I don't like either the name or the nn.

bread&jam · September 2011

mj.reilly:
I really really dislike Trixie. Honestly, my mind goes straight to stripper. There is nothing I can do about that. It just sounds .... vulgar to me. So, not cute.
Beatrix is okay. I don't care for x's in names?too harsh.
I prefer Beatrice a million times over.

Honestly, my mind goes to prostitute. I just wanted to see if other people had this kind of response... I guess I'll just keep fond memories of the books.

SassyRedhead · September 2011

I'm going to have to go with "No" for both.

Kissimi21 · September 2011

Sorry, but I hate it. Beatrix sounds so harsh and "old" to me. Trixie is just awful. It's a stripper/hooker name.

KtB0605 · September 2011

My imaginary alter-ego is a southern girl who wants to name her pseudo-daughter Beatrix, just for the sole purpose of calling her Trixie. She would have the middle name Isabelle so I could call her "Trixie Belle" with a nice southern twang. And sadly, no, I'm not kidding. Wink

I would never in my right midwesterner state of mind use the NN. I like Beatrix. Love Beatrice with the NN Bea.

bread&jam · September 2011

KtB0605:
My imaginary alter-ego is a southern girl who wants to name her pseudo-daughter Beatrix, just for the sole purpose of calling her Trixie. She would have the middle name Isabelle so I could call her "Trixie Belle" with a nice southern twang. And sadly, no, I'm not kidding.
I would never in my right midwesterner state of mind use the NN. I like Beatrix. Love Beatrice with the NN Bea.

Ha-ha-ha... Too funny. I actually live in the Deep South.

mrsworkcrush · September 2011

I like Beatrix but not Trixie, but that's only because I have a bad association with Trixie.

k2west · September 2011

I think Beatrix and Beatrice are very pretty. Trixie I don't like as a girls name.

Trixie and Ginger are my dogs' names and my uncle refers to them as the 'burlesque girls' because of their stripper-like names, lol.

hcape001 · September 2011

I love the name Beatrix! And I like the name Trixie as a nickname, but I'm not a fan of skipping right to Trixie on the birth certificate.

PhilsWife07 · September 2011

Not

ChelsiAnn13 · September 2011

Love but reminds me.of hp

kellyrn9956 · September 2011

I like it.

I love Beatrice Louise and plan on using the nn Trixie Lou until she (or my family and friends) can no longer stand it.

forensicmama · September 2011

I love Beatrix!!!

Trixie reminds me of either a white trash type of person or a little white poodle. I hate it.

JMack1117 · September 2011

I love them both, but DH shot them down in a second--he especially hated Trixie.

HappyMrsK · September 2011

I really like Trixie as a nn! It's quite spunky

anna7602 · September 2011

I like Beatrix, but not Trixie.

Smootchy · September 2011

trixie reminds me of either a little dog or a hooker.

Just the first thoughts off the top of my head.

in all honesty, I've heard way worse!

sagoon · September 2011

I love Beatrix, hate Trixie. To me, Trixie goes right past stripper directly into hooker territory.

ljtvirkus · September 2011

SassyRedhead:
I'm going to have to go with "No" for both.

This.

iteachk · September 2011

baconface:
I LOVE Beatrix, but not a fan of Trixie. Beatrix is on our short list, but I would use the nn Bea.

This.

tusshie2004 · September 2011

Not a fan of either names.

Trixie was the name of my best friends dog.

mrsb_IN · September 2011

I LOVE both! They're great!

alliejo725 · September 2011

I adore Beatrix. It's one of our top names. I think it has a nice edge that Beatrice doesn't.

I'm probably the unpopular opinion, but I think Trixie is cute on a little girl. On a teen and older? No way. It's stripperish. But on a little girl, I think it's sweet.

hcape001 · September 2011

alliejo725:
I adore Beatrix. It's one of our top names. I think it has a nice edge that Beatrice doesn't.

I'm probably the unpopular opinion, but I think Trixie is cute on a little girl. On a teen and older? No way. It's stripperish. But on a little girl, I think it's sweet.

Completely agree!

queenbone · September 2011

Beatrix is fine, just nms.

Trixie seems more suited to a dog. It would be cute on a four yr old, but I wouldn't send her to school with that nn.

Part of me just worries that Trixie will end up on the pole, probably because when I hear Trix, I think of turning tricks.

curlylocks3 · September 2011

I like Bea as a NN better than Trixie.

karen_loy · September 2011

I don't like beatrix, is an ok name but nms and I hate trixie, sounds like a stripper's name

AlphabetFish · September 2011

Trixie is cute, but only as a nickname for Beatrix (I love Beatrix). As a stand alone name, Trixie sounds like a chihuahua.

melody921 · September 2011

Not a fan of either, but especially not Trixie. It sounds like a pet's name to me.

ObLaDi · September 2011

I like Beatrice a lot, spelled this way.

Trixie sounds like a stripper or a mini poodle.

MAMAxB · September 2011

mj.reilly:
I really really dislike Trixie. Honestly, my mind goes straight to stripper. There is nothing I can do about that. It just sounds .... vulgar to me. So, not cute.
Beatrix is okay. I don't care for x's in names?too harsh.
I prefer Beatrice a million times over.

This. Idk why but I don't like x's either.

Beatrice nn Bea is super cute!

jessican08 · September 2011

I love Beatrix but Trixie sounds like a dog's name or a truck stop waitress. I like Bea as a nickname for Beatrix.

ames71 · September 2011

I'm probably in the minority, but I love the nn Trixie. I loved those books as a kid, too, so maybe that's why. I think Trixie is fun and sassy, and with Beatrix as the formal name, it gives her something a bit more "serious" for adulthood.