Love Bea but not Beatrice - any suggestions please?

[MsMittens]

Hi all

We are expecting DC2 and don't know whether we are having a girl or a boy. We "used" our favorite girl's name with DD1 (Eden) so struggling with possible girls name.

I love the name Bea but feel that we are not a "Beatrice" or "Beatrix" kind of family.

Are there any other full names which can legitimately be shortened to Bea or dare I commit the cardinal sin of giving a child a nickname as a full name?

[BirdhouseInYourSoul]

I know a Phoebe known as Bea.

[loislines]

I know a Belinda who is Bea for short. Probably any name that starts with a B could theoretically be nicknamed Bea...

[theonlygothinthevillage]

You could choose any name but use Bea as a nickname. But a name beginning with B would be logical. If you've dismissed Beatrice and Beatrix, there's also the Spanish version, Beatriz (also a character in Much Ado About Nothing, so is rooted in UK history too!)

[Lunastarfish]

Belinda
Bianca
Beyonce.....

[Sophronia]

Any name that starts with B.

Also:

Tabea
Abigail
Belphoebe
Beata
Bibiana
Robina
Sabina
Rubina
Bia
Bianca
Bijou
Sabine

[burgatroyd]

Dumb question but Bea pronounced bee or be-ah?

[MsMittens]

Pronounced Bee.

Thanks for the suggestions thus far. Was wondering about the any name beginning with B thing and whether that was too contrived.

Had not considered Beatriz. Whilst I appreciate Beyoncé, I am not sure that I could go so far as to name my daughter after her .

Main reason for doubting whether we are a Beatrice kind of family is out best friends and our only IRL baby name sounding boards said yes love Bea but not sure you guys suit Beatrice/trix

[burgatroyd]

I love Bibiana and Bianca. Good list sophronia!

[burgatroyd]

I like Tris as a nn for Beatrice, like Divergent

[theonlygothinthevillage]

our only IRL baby name sounding boards said yes love Bea but not sure you guys suit Beatrice/trix

Bollocks to that :D

IME once the child is a couple of months old, it's difficult to think of him/her not having the name that they have. Go with what you love, is my advice.

[CountBapula]

1. I know a Bee, short for Abigail.
   
2. Don't tell anyone what names you're considering. They'll only say stupid things that'll put you off. They're less likely to do that once baby's here - if they still do, they're twats.

[MsMittens]

theonly you nearly made me spit tea at the computer.

We normally don't canvass opinions IRL but DH had a few glasses of wine and our friends were over for dinner so he let it slip -while I gave him death stares--

[theonlygothinthevillage]

Happy to oblige

[PuppyMummy]

id go with Bea if you like it.

my baby has a similar name in that it has a long version but we registered him as the short 'nickname' part of it. we did um and ah over registering the long version so he had a 'sunday' name if he ever wanted to use it but neither of us liked it enough and as we would only ever use the short version it seemed silly.

[threepiecesuite]

I know a Bethany who is called Bee by everyone. She suits it.

[AnimalsAreMyFriends]

I have a friend called Bridget who is a Bea. It really suits her!

[BillieViper]

Beata or Beate (bay-ah-tuh)

[LadySlipper]

My bro has a Brenna that they call Bee.

[TimefIies]

I know a Beverley that's a Bee

[mathanxiety]

Thisbe
Bridget
Beulah

[Vagndidit]

My grandmother was a Bridget who was more commonly called Bea.

[HelloItsMeFell]

If you spell it Bee you can just pick anything beginning with B.

Or just call her Bea. Why not?

[Sleepyhoglet]

Brea is a Scottish name similar to be

[HelloItsMeFell]

Hebe

[divingoffthebalcony]

Did you like Beatrice before your friends said you didn't suit Beatrice as a couple? What a strange thing to say! If so, I think you need to stop worrying because they were being ludicrous and Beatrice is a lovely name.