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Rose Beatrice or Rose Abigail

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swancourt · 05/07/2016 21:42

Beatrice means 'bringer of joy'

Abigail means 'father's joy'

I prefer Rose Beatrice as the meaning is slightly more to my taste. DH likes the meanings but not keen on either middle name.

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swancourt · 06/07/2016 22:02

Oooh I love Rose Elizabeth

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1horatio · 06/07/2016 22:00

I prefer Rose Beatrice. I prefer the sound and meaning.

Rose is a lovely first name. It seems really fresh but still classically beautiful, which is hard to achieve. I actually feel the same way about Beatrice:)

MagnumAddict · 06/07/2016 21:53

If I'd had a girl I would have called her Rose Elizabeth. Love Rose as a first name.

Out of your choices I prefer Rose Abigail

Thomasisintraining · 06/07/2016 17:15

Rose Abigail would be my preference from your choices and I love Rose as a first name. Will the second name be just for the birth cert or are you planning on using it as part of the name?

DanyellasDonkey · 06/07/2016 17:10

Swan - north east of Scot[land

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swancourt · 06/07/2016 12:03

I think Rose Beatrice flows with our surname, actually (two syllables, beginning with B, stress on the first syllable). The whole thing is quite bouncy but I think it works. Now to convince DH ...

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notagiraffe · 06/07/2016 08:19

Rose Beatrice is absolutely beautiful.

Not keen on Abigail.

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swancourt · 06/07/2016 08:17

troysmammy - err, just because I like want to use Rose as a first name, that doesn't mean I wouldn't want a middle name??? I am specifically on here to talk about middle names. I have two other DDs and they both have middle names, which are family names that have a special meaning to us. I'd like to choose a middle name with a special meaning for this one. I don't have a middle name myself and I do wish I had one.

lighthouse - I meant NW! Sorry! Grin

areyoubeingserviced - would love to use Joy, but it's my SIL's middle name and I asked her if she'd be okay with it and she wasn't really - she wants to use it as a first name for any child she has in the future, and I think she felt weird about it. Also think Rose Joy sounds a little bit like a perfumed soap Grin

wintersummer - I LOVE the middle name Eleanor - so much, my DD2 has it already Smile

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septembersunshine · 06/07/2016 07:39

Rose is a gorgeous first name op. I love it. Classic and beautiful. I would go with Rose Beatrice. I think it gives the name some weight and substance and history. But then I've never been a fan of Abigail, it just doesn't flow as well, quite a choppy name.

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FoxesSitOnBoxes · 06/07/2016 05:20

Rose Beatrice is lovely

Flossiesmummy · 06/07/2016 04:59

Rose Beatrice from me! Lovely.

MsKite · 06/07/2016 03:31

Rose is beautiful as a first name. Rose Beatrice is better I think.

AGBforever · 06/07/2016 02:55

Rose Beatrice, lovely. Rose Abigail, also nice..just prefer the first

Wintersummerwintersummer · 06/07/2016 02:51

I love Rose as a first name. I prefer Rose Beatrice. Just throwing another name into the mix, there is a Rose Eleanor in my family. I think it's beautiful. She does go by that as her everyday name, occasionally shortened to Rosella which I also like. Congratulations x

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Sophronia · 05/07/2016 23:41

Rose Abigail is lovely. Rose as a first name seems pretty and fresh, it's overused as a middle name.

TroysMammy · 05/07/2016 23:18

Just call her Rose then. It's not compulsory to have a middle name as you never get called it. I don't have a middle name as my mother had difficulty picking one name let alone two.

areyoubeingserviced · 05/07/2016 23:18

Rose joy
RoseMary

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 05/07/2016 23:16

No I'm a proud Scouser Grin.
North West.

areyoubeingserviced · 05/07/2016 23:16

Sorry Swan

areyoubeingserviced · 05/07/2016 23:15

Abigail Rose

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swancourt · 05/07/2016 23:13

lighthouse I have the same problem with Beatrice, actually. And danyella - you're not from the North East by any chance?! :)

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swancourt · 05/07/2016 23:12

Just going to say - for a third time - Rose is the first name! Deciding on a middle name. Wouldn't ever choose Abigail or Beatrice as a first name - going on meaning. My other two DDs have family names as middle names but we're out of ones we like/want to use, so I want to have something with a nice meaning.

But Rose is the first name, people. Rose - please nobody else suggest using Rose as a middle name!

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 05/07/2016 23:00

Neither. None of them flow with Rose as a FN.
I love Abigail Rose though. I'm a bit fits and starts with Beatrice. One day I'll like it next day I won't. Odd I know

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