Beatrix? I have no idea!

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BIankets · 31/07/2021 12:44

I’m having a very very unexpected first baby. We’re planning on having a double barrelled surname: either Springer-Gunnett or Gunnett-Springer (probably the latter). That mouthful of a surname leaves us little wiggle room for a first name!

For girls, I like: Annie, Erin, Martha, Heidi, Jessie, Hattie, Alice… but the one I keep coming back to is Beatrix (Trixie).

Is that insane? And which surname combination do you think sounds better?

For boys, God help us, because we haven’t even got a long list.

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Chilldonaldchill · 31/07/2021 13:36

I think Beatrix is beautiful but prefer Bea as the nickname.
I think Springer-Gunnett sounds much better!

SuperSange · 31/07/2021 13:05

Lovely name! Gunnett-Springer too.

OwlBasket · 31/07/2021 13:04

Springer-Gunnett is surely better Gunnett-Springer sounds like an old fashioned job title to me with Springer being turned into a verb. “What do you do down ‘t mill?” “I’m a Gunnett-Springer me”. Maybe it’s my bilingualism playing tricks though. Spring, as in jump, is the most common, everyday word for jumping here.

Beatrix is fab!

IggyAce · 31/07/2021 12:56

Gunnett-springer gets my vote too and Beatrix is lovely. If your wanting a middle name I’d go with Erin or Alice.

Winwins · 31/07/2021 12:53

I agree

PascalHey · 31/07/2021 12:49

Gunnett-Springer sounds better to my ear. I think Beatrix goes really nicely with that surname.

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