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Betty Maud or Maud Betty?

64 replies

Hildegard36 · 27/10/2018 14:22

We definitely want to use Betty and Maud in dd’s name in some form - after mine and dh’s grandmothers.

We’re wavering between using both the names as middle names, and having something else first e.g. Madeleine/Caroline/Jemima/Eleanor Betty Maud

Or just using those two names, one as first, one as middle.
I.e. Maud Betty or Betty Maud

Our surname is two syllables, starts with O, along the lines of Oakland

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ifherbumwereabungalow · 28/10/2018 19:08

Maud Betty is gorgeous, my eldest DS was going to be a Maud.

QuaterMiss · 28/10/2018 19:03

Maud is beautiful. The stark plainness holds such poetry and romance.

(The optional 'e' is trying to be pretty. Better without.)

OrdinaryGirl · 28/10/2018 19:02

Another vote for Elizabeth Maud. Betty as a NN from birth.
Gorgeous names!

SinglePringle · 28/10/2018 18:53

Betty / Elizabeth is lovely.

Maud is awful. Makes me think of maudlin. I appreciate it’s a family name but did she have a middle name (the relative)?

BadderWerewolf · 28/10/2018 18:51

Betty is fab as a first name.

hoppyfarmer · 28/10/2018 18:48

Betty Maud is lovely. We'd have had Betty as a first name for our daughter but my husband already calls me Betty as a nickname.

LeeMiller · 28/10/2018 09:33

Betty Maud flows better. But 99% of the time she'll just be Betty surname or Maud surname, middle names just don't get used that much. So for that reason I'd use both as middle names so it's equal. They're both short so it wouldn't make the full name too unwieldy.

Agustarella · 28/10/2018 00:42

Maud’s derived from Matilda Google agrees with you but I'm pretty sure it's been used a variant of Magdalen, which would mean it's related to Madeleine. Magdalena is pretty, though if the OP likes Maud then perhaps we're looking for 'sensible' names rather than pretty ones.

I agree with the pps who have suggested Elizabeth Maude as an alternative to Betty Maud. Betty is really cute though.

ivartheboneless · 27/10/2018 23:26

Sorry, i hate both of them if I am honest. If I was to use them I would find a name that I liked for her first name and use them as middle names.

PriscillaLydiaSellon · 27/10/2018 22:56

Both completely gorgeous. Betty Maude (would use the 'e', myself) flows better than Maude Betty - but I'd go for Elizabeth (Betty) Maude. My granny was Betty (found out long after she died that her given name was Elizabeth - so no need to publicise the Elizabeth bit, but it would give your DD options).

FWIW, my DD has a very long name, but has only ever been known by a diminutive (think Lottie, rather than Charlotte, though that's not her name). Most of her friends don't even know she has a 'long' name. So that's something you could consider...

Picknickers · 27/10/2018 22:49

I love the name Betty...and Bette and I understand you wanting to use Maud to even it up ( even though I think it's a bit stern) so Betty Maud from me.

limpbizkit · 27/10/2018 21:55

Eeek. Oh don't do this to your poor child. Sorry but Betty is hideous and Maud equally so. Confused apologies. Madeleine however is beautiful

Notquiteagandt · 27/10/2018 21:49

I love both betty and maud but I am not sure they go together. As they are both short names they almost need a longer filler name inbetween or after.

I would go for maud as a first name purely as it is less common than betty.

Sophronia · 27/10/2018 21:44

Caroline Betty Maud

SolveigSleeps · 27/10/2018 21:21

Betty Maud

DuckofDoom · 27/10/2018 20:28

Betty Maud is gorgeous!
Absolutely love Betty as a first name

raviolidreaming · 27/10/2018 16:54

I'm not keen on Betty or Maud, and together it seems a bit overkill on the 'older lady names'. I'd use them both as middle names and give your baby her own name.

Sungura · 27/10/2018 16:00

Betty Maud.

daisypond · 27/10/2018 16:00

Matilda Elizabeth or Elizabeth Matilda - that way both grandmothers get a nod with a form of their names, while not being their exact names. I'm really not keen on Maud or Betty.

mikapatika · 27/10/2018 15:48

Maud’s derived from Matilda
Love Matilda Betty

ReginaPhalange89 · 27/10/2018 15:41

I'd personally put them both in the middle . They're both way too old fashioned for my taste I'm afraid !
I do think Betty Maud flows better though so I'd put them in that order.

ItsLikeRainOnYourWeddingDay · 27/10/2018 15:31

Bettt Maud makes me think Betty Ford as well.

ZackPizzazz · 27/10/2018 15:17

Elizabeth Maud and call her Betty. Betty as a first name is awful, sorry.

Chocolatecoffeeaddict · 27/10/2018 15:16

Both awful. Sorry.

Shadow1234 · 27/10/2018 15:10

I also think Betty Maud flows better.