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Beatrice - do you like this name?

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delilah88 · 25/09/2012 19:49

I don't know if I would have liked it if I hadn't met a cute little girl with it a few years ago. Trying to work out if it's nice or too OTT

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kellestar · 25/09/2012 20:50

DD is Beatrice, we are Somerset based and haven't met another. All family were shocked, initially, but they really love it now. Her nn is Bea. I did worry it sounds quite posh, we say it Bee Ah Triss. But MIL still says Beet riss and it doesn't sound right.

SilkStalkings · 25/09/2012 20:48

Like it especially with a B- surname so her nickname would be her initials BB.
(Also works for GG, CC without alliteration).

Ham69 · 25/09/2012 20:47

Love it. Definitely not OTT and not particularly posh though may have been a few years ago. I would say it's getting more mainstream now.

lisaro · 25/09/2012 20:46

I've always loved it - it was my aunty's name. If any of my boys were a girl they would have been Beatrice. It's very, very popular now, though.

picnicbasketcase · 25/09/2012 20:44

Love it

fluffywhitekittens · 25/09/2012 20:43

I was going to use it as a middle name if ds had been a dd :)

YouMayLogOut · 25/09/2012 20:42

It's a lovely name. Not OTT at all, quite a classic really. There are a lot of more "out there" names.

hazeldog · 25/09/2012 20:24

its my horses name! love it. meaning is "beautiful" i think?

AgathaPinchBottom · 25/09/2012 20:22

Gorgeous - go for it. I love it.

LST · 25/09/2012 20:19

Love it

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delilah88 · 25/09/2012 20:18

I reckon it will get popular but not in top 50. I think it'll be like Matilda.

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MrsJohnDeere · 25/09/2012 20:17

I like it, don't think it is particularly posh. I wound if it is about to get hugely popular? It seems to crop up a lot on baby names threads at the moment.

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Bluestocking · 25/09/2012 19:55

I like both Beatrice and Beatrix very much. I don't think it's obnoxiously posh - more classy, which is not the same thing! And Bee is a cute diminutive.

blondiep14 · 25/09/2012 19:55

I love it. But DH doesn't, sadly.

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delilah88 · 25/09/2012 19:55

Where is that? London? One website says that there were only 500 of them in 2010. If they're all in your neighbourhood perhaps they won't be in mine! ;-)

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goingtoofast · 25/09/2012 19:54

I like it, think it's made a come back.

Coconutty · 25/09/2012 19:53

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Vamos · 25/09/2012 19:53

Love it, also Beatriz :-)

ProphetOfDoom · 25/09/2012 19:52

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delilah88 · 25/09/2012 19:52

Do you think it's a very posh name?

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Fairyloo · 25/09/2012 19:50

I think it's lovely