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Bellatrix

109 replies

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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OctaviaRedQueen · 02/08/2024 07:12

Beatrix Viola

TiggeryBear · 31/07/2024 02:13

TheCadoganArms · 29/07/2024 12:07

Get Professor Gilderoy Lockhart to perform a global memory charm and then you can use the name without any Harry Potter association.

I absolutely love this! 😂 Thank you! You've made my day!

VeryQuaintIrene · 31/07/2024 01:39

Goneril has my vote.

Fintoo · 31/07/2024 01:27

Viola is nice. Lots of other nice Shakespeare names to consider too. If you like old, I would deffo stick with Shakespeare for inspiration, rather than Harry Potter or James Bond (don’t nickname a child M for heavens sake).

SnowFrogJelly · 31/07/2024 01:21

Minerva sounds like a coil

SnowFrogJelly · 31/07/2024 01:21

Nooooooooooo

miniaturepixieonacid · 31/07/2024 00:33

I actually love Bellatrix but no, not usuable due to Harry Potter.

I do think you could get away with Minerva.

Other Shakespeare characters (some admittedly more usable than others!):
Beatrice, Hero, Cordelia, Regan, Goneril, Juliet, Rosaline, Ophelia, Viola, Isabella, Hermione, Paulina, Emilia, Miranda, Ariel, Katherina, Bianca, Portia, Nerissa, Desdemona, Rosalind, Imogen, Adriana, Calpurnia, Cassandra, Cleopatra, Octavia, Helena, Hermia, Tatiana, Diana, Mariana

pinkyredrose · 30/07/2024 09:55

Minerva is horrid, it sounds like the name of a medicine.

user1492757084 · 30/07/2024 08:41

Minerva is the sweetest idea.

Minerva Trixiebelle.
Minerva Beatrix
Minerva Belle

Minnie, Trixie, Bellie

readingmakesmehappy · 30/07/2024 08:14

How about Artemis? Or Cassandra? You seem to like classical names.

WhatNext24 · 29/07/2024 22:16

But... she killed Sirius Black.

Don't do it OP.

Topseyt123 · 29/07/2024 22:12

Just no!

Very Harry Potter.

JessyCarr · 29/07/2024 18:43

Former Olympian Sir Ben Ainslie has a Bellatrix. Not my style at all though.

BananaLamah · 29/07/2024 18:34

It’s too Harry Potter, sorry.

I wanted to call my DD Fenchurch but DH wouldn’t let me. Said it was too well known because of the book. Blooming authors spoiling all of the nice names!

LightSpeeds · 29/07/2024 18:28

whichfan · 29/07/2024 12:11

there’s something very S&M / Domanstrix about bellatrix

You nailed it!!

It's not a good name.

Quitelikeacatslife · 29/07/2024 18:07

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 29/07/2024 18:06

Bagatrix?

Baggachipz

Quitelikeacatslife · 29/07/2024 18:07

Bellatrix is ruined for now, sorry . Minerva also HP name but not as obvious ie usually called professor mcgonagall and was a positive character at least . Will get Minnie or Min, which is quite cute when little .

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 29/07/2024 18:06

Bagatrix?

Sundaysunshine21 · 29/07/2024 17:56

I think Bellatrix would be a bit cruel as most people (me included) would have only ever heard it in HP.

Minerva would be fine as I don’t think it’s so associated with HP.

Others you may like:

Beatrix (personally I prefer Beatrice)
Octavia (I heard Ottavia the other day which I thought was nice)
Isolde
Penelope
Aurora

QueenOfWeeds · 29/07/2024 16:59

@Pocketfullofdogtreats I was also going to say I know a baby Artemis and I think it’s a lovely name. DH veto-ed most of my classical names for DD, and probably rightly so.

OP, there was a thread about posh girls’ names for the OP’s chickens and there were some lovely classical names on there - worth a look.

SanMarzano · 29/07/2024 15:48

Bellatrix is too HP but I think Minerva is fine especially after a relative. What about:
Miranda
Calliope
Thalia
Rosalind
Francesca
Christina
Persephone

wickerlady · 29/07/2024 15:44

Haha, no!

HoppingPavlova · 29/07/2024 15:26

I’ve seen god knows how many people get cats and name them Bellatrix post Harry Potter - and the conversation invariable goes ‘…… because I’m a huge HP fan’, so people will just make that assumption with a child and she will no doubt get a ribbing in the playground once they reach the age of watching HP (I think mine were younger primary when they watched).

Joolsin · 29/07/2024 15:23

I love Bellatrix, but sadly it's too associated with HP to use. I love the name Lilith, if you're thinking dark, gothic names. Viola and Minerva are both good too.

MumChp · 29/07/2024 15:22

Beatrix is nice. I like it better than Bellatrix.