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Bellatrix

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Mums73 · 29/07/2024 11:57

I think it could be a lovely name ( named after the star and the Latin meaning female warrior) and could be called Belle for short )

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Abigail47 · 14/08/2024 22:40

I like it!

A great stage name

Daisybuttercup12345 · 14/08/2024 22:40

Awful.

sel2223 · 14/08/2024 09:42

I'm sorry as I hate to do this when baby names are such a personal thing but that is awful.

Makes me think fifi trixabelle or a drag queen stage name. Please don't name your baby that

lemarr · 11/08/2024 11:36

Ridiculous name

Abigail47 · 08/08/2024 23:23

I like bellatrix!

Waterboatlass · 08/08/2024 14:43

Minerva is fab especially the family connection.

I like the idea of Bellatrix and have never seen HP and don't care to but I think its a question of liking the idea, not wishing to be called it myself.

Fantastic cat name though. Beatrix is nice. I don't care for Athena, personally. Overexposed in corporate usage.

Not greek but some biblical she- warriors are Deborah, Hephzibah, Judith
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autumn1610 · 06/08/2024 19:27

I couldn’t think why I couldn’t place and it felt familiar Minerva reminds me of the bloody coil (Mirena) I just couldn’t go with that

caringcarer · 06/08/2024 19:21

HappierTimesAhead · 29/07/2024 12:08

Makes me think of a drag queen

🤣

BCBird · 06/08/2024 18:58

Bellatrix- no
. Viola- lovely

dogrilla · 06/08/2024 18:57

I didn't know about Harry Potter link but name sounds too much like dominatrix

Notthatcatagain · 06/08/2024 18:55

Minerva would be Minnie within 5 minutes of starting school, from there it's only a question of time before someone calls her Mouse

Elyalbert · 06/08/2024 18:50

How about:
Miranda
Cressida
Cordelia
Rowena

AlexanderArnold · 06/08/2024 18:49

And anyway, it's Iphegenia, Iffy for short

CruCru · 06/08/2024 18:44

Ephiginia is quite a difficult name for an adult to have. I can understand not wanting a name in the top 20 (say) but that is so different, it is unkind to the child.

OpizpuHeuvHiyo · 06/08/2024 18:23

I agree that Bellatrix is too Harry Potter but also you have the meaning wrong. The "trix" suffix means "she who brings" (it's actually the feminine of tractor!) and Beatrix means "She who brings blessing" so Bellatrix would be "She who brings beauty"

Similar kinds of old fashioned names might be
Matilda
Ephiginia (known as Effie)
Wilhelmina
Winifred
Carlotta
Lavinia

Malahide · 06/08/2024 18:07

Newsenmum · 06/08/2024 18:04

Beatrix is better

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A bit storybook sounding for me. Still miles better than the ridiculous Bellatrix

Newsenmum · 06/08/2024 18:04

Malahide · 06/08/2024 14:31

Just use Beatrice.

Minerva sounds like contraception

Beatrix is better

Dinoswearunderpants · 06/08/2024 15:34

This was the name of a pole dance school I used to attend...

Malahide · 06/08/2024 14:31

Just use Beatrice.

Minerva sounds like contraception

Newsenmum · 06/08/2024 10:41

It’s a great name but Bellatrix Lestrange is a pos, also I know too many Bella’s.

CruCru · 06/08/2024 10:39

Minerva and Viola are both nice. The thing is, when naming a baby, one is actually naming an adult. Bellatrix is gimmicky for a baby and a burden for an adult.

OlympicsFanGirl · 02/08/2024 20:39

Minerva is just as HP as Bellatrix. Especially if you've read the books.

ElTortilla · 02/08/2024 20:33

Fucking awful.

BikesIHaveLost · 02/08/2024 07:43

rainbowbee · 29/07/2024 12:44

Call her Isobel with nn Bella.
Bellatrix is Helena Bonham Carter shouting and posturing with a wand and gown, like a Halloween costume.

Yes, I’ve always vaguely wondered what HBC and the various directors were doing with the character of Bellatrix Lestrange. In the novels she’s an aristocratic Death Eater with a personal obsession with Voldemort, pretty much a brunette Unity Mitford with an added capacity for magical cruelty. In the films, she’s turned into a weirdly Cockney psychopath with an uncontrollable spiral perm and a preference for leather corsets, who sounds completely unlike any of the rest of her RP-speaking family.

MagneticSquirrel · 02/08/2024 07:22

Bellatrix - sorry no - sounds like cat or pet food, eg webbox e-lix

Minerva - reminds me of conception unfortunately.

Viola is nice. I like Octavia even though it’s also a car (it’s a nice one) and Nerissa is unusual.