Name preference - Ffion or Felicity

I love Ffion more than felicity. But they are both lovely names. Tilly could be another NN for felicity which sounds quite cute with Bea. Even though Ffion is a good solid short name people will most likely still call her Fi or even Fifi. But as long as you like those abbreviations then go for it.
Speaking as someone who always has their name shortened to a name I really dislike and spend half my life correcting people 🙈

@Serin I didn’t see that until your post but now I can’t unsee it

See I would snigger at Flick and Bea.

I prefer Ffion.

Ffion is very easy to say for an English speaker once they know how but it is harder to justify an initially potentially confusing name in the Welsh language when you have no connection to Wales. Non-Welsh people tend to think it’s made up/stupid/hard to spell or say upon first glance. Or say that it’s Irish and you spelled it wrong and it’s a boys name, because for some reason everyone knows Fionn.

My daughter is called Ffion (my close/living family are mostly Welsh) and though I find that up in Scotland where I live now everyone is super nice and says it right (some have to ask, others don’t), English family/friends aren’t all as receptive and we had to teach my husband’s family how to say it. Like I say, it’s not hard and they can do it very easily but if you don’t have a connection then I don’t see a reason to if that makes sense as you’re possibly inviting hassle where you don’t need it.

I do think Felicity works better with Beatrice anyway, they have the same feel to them without being too matchy matchy so in your situation I would probably go with that :)

Ffion is a fantastic name. Felicity sounds like a character from a children’s book who is a bit twee and prim and proper

I know several Ffions of all ages. It’s a very popular name.

Thought of another one. I used to deal with someone called Mahoney, and they said it as Mahnie, but someone laughed at me and said it was Ma-hoe-nie, and asked me why Firstname McMahon said his name as Mac-Mahn not Mac-Mayhun.

Who's right.

OP, call the baby Felicity.

Ah. I'd always assumed that Fionn was pronounced Finn.

I have to ask with Irish names, the pronunciation and spelling isn't obvious to me, and often I will have seen or heard the anglicised version.

I worked with people with the surnames Geoghegan, Coughlan and Keoghan, and they said Gaygun, Coe-lin and Kee-o-gun.

I think maybe they are Gaygun, Covlin and Cogan. Please correct me, if I am wrong.

Obviously former colleagues can say their own names however they wish.

@KirstenBlest. Fair enough. I know several Fionns and no Ffions and agree I wouldn’t use either of them. We had an application at work from a Ffion and several assumed it was from a man.

@gradetoolisted, to you yes, but I know several Ffions and no Fionns.

It's obvious from the thread that there would be some confusion.

I wouldn't use a welsh or irish name because of the 'Oh, are you welsh/irish?' questions..

Christ @KirstenBlest, I clearly stated that it looks/sounds like that TO ME and stated a preference to the two names as asked by OP. Relax.

I have a Felicity and if we had a second DD then Beatrice is my favourite choice

Not really, @gradetoolisted, if you rtft.

Ffion (FEE-onn) is a popular girl's name in Wales.

One thing though is that it will probably be said Fee-un in an english accent, and sounds a bit meh.

Felicity. Ffion looks and sounds like Fionn to me, which is an Irish boys name

I love the name Ffion but I prefer Felicity with Beatrice- nickname Fliss not Flick though

I prefer Felicity - as think it goes really well with Beatrice and a beautiful name. It is in line with the pretty, unusual but not too unusual level that Beatrice is too :)

Don't pay attention to the Flick your Bean - never would have entered my brain. I actually know two sisters called Beatrice and Felicity. They were known as Bea (Trixie as a teen) and Flossie. All the nicknames are lovely.

I think Ffion could be a middle name maybe? A little too unusual for a first name personally :)

Thanks for the Fionn pronunciation Paris - my saying Finn was based on having met one Fionn who pronounced it Finn!

Ffion is a girls name - at least I have never come across a boy called that ( and I am Welsh speaking).
Perhaps some parents were trying to be U-neek . It means foxglove.

I would be wary of using it if you aren't Welsh, as your child will get a lot of Fuh..fuh..I..on, from people who will be pretending it has a stutter sound (speaking from experience here), and constantly asking about it. I imagine the continual conversations of "Yes, it is said like that, No, I'm not Welsh" will get a bit tedious.

I'm glad you're moving away from Ffion as Bea and Fi may end up with 'beefy' being the pairing if you ever call them for tea etc.

I still think Felicity is lovely but as you're looking for other names, how about one of these - they can all be shortened to something other than Bea or Fi.

Henrietta
Harriet
Imogen
Philippa
Eliza
Sophia
Florence
Alice
Eleanor
Helena
Eloise
Miriam
Naomi

There may be a Ffyn walking around in Wales, but as a name it doesn't really work.

But nature names are all the rage! Might start a new trend .

(For clarity I would NEVER)!

More likely to be Bea and Fee surely?