Imogen Beatrice- too Shakespearean?

[pinkgirlythoughts]

Love Imogen Beatrice for a girl (DP prefers Imogen Cecelia). I realised yesterday that Imogen and Beatrice are both characters from Shakespeare plays, and it's been playing on my mind ever since- not that it's a bad thing to be named after two famous literary characters, but it is completely unintentional on my part. Do you think people would assume we'd done it on purpose? Would it matter if we had? Or would people even realise at all?

[Chocolocolate]

I don't think most people would realize and even if they did - it's a nice association.

Lovely name.

[Chocolocolate]

Oh, although I hope your surname (or your daughter's future married surname) does not begin with an 'S' or a 'D'.

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[Whatevs]

Beautiful name.

[GwendolineMaryLacey]

Beautiful names. I don't think most people would realise tbh.

[MaundyBra]

Nothing wrong with a bit of Shakespeare. And besides, she won't use the middle name all the time presumably.

[pranma]

A relative of mine has called her new baby Imogen Rose-I think Imogen is beautiful though Beatrice is less to my taste.

[MaundyBra]

Imogen Rose is lovely. 2 x 3 syllable names is a bit of a mouthful. Depends on how long your surname is....

[smokeandglitter]

Love both Imogen Beatrice and Imogen Cecelia.

Most people would have no idea about shakey characters, but it's nice to think there's some history/story behind the names if they ask. :-)

[Northernlurker]

Impossible to be too Shakepearean!

[pinkgirlythoughts]

Surname is only one syllable. It's also a noun, meaning that Rose, or indeed anything flower-related, is out, unfortunately... :(

[suspiria]

Beautiful name and I agree it's impossible to be too Shakespearean

[EvilTwins]

Lovely. Mine have Miranda and Ophelia as middle names. People rarely comment.

Agree with Northernlurker - impossible to be too Shakespearean... Though maybe avoid Mercutio Benedick Elbow if you end up with a boy.

[missmelo]

Beautiful names, beautiful together too.

[SolarPanel]

I might think "Shakespeare" but only in a "that's nice" kind of way.

I'm not so keen on Imogen, but love Beatrice and Cecilia. My favourite combination would be Cecilia Beatrice.

[pumpkinpoppet]

I agree with solarpanel. Love Cecilia Beatrice. But also like your other combinations. Great names btw

[oohlaalaa]

Lovely names. Nothing wrong with being inspired by Shakespeare. Preferable to calling your daughter Britney or Kylie.

[silverfrog]

fantastic names (my dds names - although at least I managed to keep them separate!) SIL mentioned in passing to me once that both wre Shakespearean, and wondered whether that was our "theme" - it wasn't, they are just 2 names we like.

I prefer Cecily to Cecilia myself (prob because I dislike the annoying song)

[urbandaisy]

Almost our entire list of girls' names is drawn directly from Shakespeare, which we didn't even clock until we saw Rosalind, Beatrice, Helena and Juliet on a list one after the other.

I think both Imogen Beatrice and Imogen Cecilia are beautiful (though I slightly prefer Imogen Celia, but see my above comments on Shakespeare).

If anyone comments, you could always say that you'd considered Hippolyta but decided it was just a little too unusual...

[BibiBelle]

All three are lovely

[squeak2392]

I didn't know Imogen was Shakespearean - always thought it was a lot more modern than that.

Perfectly fine either way. Shakespeare's got a lot to answer for in this world.

[pilates]

Imogen Beatrice is very nice.