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Nickname Bea...whats the full name for a girl?

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bumbleandbumble · 13/07/2013 19:43

Love the name Bea but husband is not keen on Beatrice (its a personal bad association with someone he disliked)...are there any other options?

Its ok if they are not so obvious. I met a Balen which I liked but not sure works not being spanish.

please suggest other names

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SugarMouse1 · 15/07/2013 19:24

I know a Bernice who goes by Bee

Could also be Bernadette, Bianca

ZingWidge · 15/07/2013 17:26

Beata

Beatrix

Beatrice

FingersCrossedLegsNot · 14/07/2013 20:27

Bailey

KLou1105 · 14/07/2013 20:12

Im not sure on bea but I know someone called beau, her full name is Isabeau Pn- Iza bow I think it's lovely x

forevergreek · 14/07/2013 19:59

Beate/ beata - German Origin ( well the ones I know), pronounced bey-ah-ta

SharonBodfish · 14/07/2013 18:42

My brother-in-law's mum is called Bea, it's short for Beaufighter. All 3 of her sisters are named after aircraft, and their brother is called Vosper or something, after a ship. I think their dad was a bit eccentric. He had his own small tank, shortwave radio transmitter and used to continually suggest reasons for starting a war.

Beaufighter is a lovely name, though. Nice and summery.

BikeRunSki · 14/07/2013 17:22

Balen is French for whale, beware!

Rhienne · 14/07/2013 17:18

Where I am it's Bey-ah-ta.

Bey rhyming with whey
Ah as the a in amish
and ta rhyming with the 'ca in arnica.

(Trying to figure out if I can actually hear any difference between whey and way and not sure I can...)

elQuintoConyo · 14/07/2013 17:01

Just from reading Beate, I'd pronounce it bee-ta until you told me it was correct or not.
Spanish/Italian pronunciation would be beh-A-teh.
I know a few Belens of different ages, although it isn't a super-popular name (I live in Spain).

FieryChipotle · 14/07/2013 16:40

Abigail
Belinda
Phoebe

misskatamari · 14/07/2013 16:36

If you like Bea I would just use that Smile

BoreOfWhabylon · 14/07/2013 16:12

Sometimes Bay AH ta

BoreOfWhabylon · 14/07/2013 16:11

Bee AH ta

Can also be spelled Beate but pronounced the same way.

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bumbleandbumble · 14/07/2013 15:59

Yes. sorry typo. I meant Belen.
How do you pronounce Beata?

On list now is
Belen
Bettina

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elQuintoConyo · 14/07/2013 14:18

B pronunciation - I think Beatrice. But it could also be Belinda, Betty, Barbara... It's the name of my childhood bunny (B, not Barbara!)

Bay-a I've no idea. Italian and Spainish would obviously be Beatrice.

By the way, it's Belen in Spanish, I've never heard of Balen. (Belen is the Nativity).

thegreylady · 14/07/2013 14:09

Beata is lovely.

charitygirl · 14/07/2013 13:38

Well if that's the pronunciation you like, Beata is a no-brainer!

twentyfourcarat · 14/07/2013 13:34

I know a Rebecca who is B...

Onetwo34 · 14/07/2013 10:54

The baya way of pronouncing it, will make it pretty hard for English speakers to think of an alternative I fear.

outingmyselfprobably · 14/07/2013 10:45

Betty

outingmyselfprobably · 14/07/2013 10:45

Bettina

TwasBrillig · 14/07/2013 10:42

I think it might be hard for native English to get bay a, even from Beatrice you usually hear bee a.

rosyryan · 14/07/2013 10:39

The only name I can think of with Bay in it is the Samoan name Eapeisi which is pronounced Air-BAY-see Smile

Rhienne · 14/07/2013 06:39

I also know a Beata, which I think is pretty.

magpieC · 14/07/2013 06:21

Berenice?