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Love Bea but not Beatrice - any suggestions please?

30 replies

MsMittens · 14/11/2014 14:37

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?

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Sophronia · 14/11/2014 14:51

Any name that starts with B.

Also:

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

Lunastarfish · 14/11/2014 14:47

Belinda
Bianca
Beyonce.....

theonlygothinthevillage · 14/11/2014 14:44

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!)

loislines · 14/11/2014 14:42

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

BirdhouseInYourSoul · 14/11/2014 14:39

I know a Phoebe known as Bea.

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