Baby name- Beatrix

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Love the name Beatrix but not keen on shortened versions (like Bea but have a one syllable surname) . Do you think we could shorten to Betsy?

Any other name ideas similar to Beatrix. Thank you!

I think it’s lovely. Could you shorten it to Trixie?

Beatrix is lovely . Betsy is too cutesy ! I’d call her Beatrix if you love it and let people know she’s a Beatrix and not a Bea . You can choose their nickname though , that usually finds them .

Can’t choose

I don’t think you can shorten Beatrix to Betsy. Elizabeth to Betsy, yes.

I have a DD with a name commonly shortened, but she’s only known by the long version - it’s all we and she have ever used.

I’m not keen sorry! Betsy is lovely though.

Not Betsy, surely. Why shorten it at all? I know a couple of Beatrices and they don't shorten, nor do their parents.

If you like the name why shorten it?

Bonnie? Maisie? Martha? Minnie? Mabel? Abigail? (these are on my list currently!)

I love it and think you could Betsy if you want.

Beatrix is fab.

If Ds had been a girl, I wanted to call him Jemima, after the Beatrix Potter story!

Why shorten it? Want to call her Betsy? Name her Betsy.

Beattie? Same vibe, more manageable from Beatrix.

Other suggestions, since you asked...

Cordelia
Astrid
Dinah
Dorothea

If you like Beatrix, call her Beatrix.

If you like Betsy, then call her Betsy.

I really don’t understand this obsession with shortening names and finding shortened names that you like.

You can’t enforce a shortened name / nickname on a child?!

Just name your child, and call your child, the name that you like.

The main character in the 'Divergent' series of books/films is called Tris, short for Beatrice - that sounds much nicer than Trix/Trixie to me (and I used to ride a horse called Trixie so that kind of puts me off it!).

Betsy/Bess/Bessie is the shortened familiar of Elizabeth. Beatrix/Beatrice was traditionally shortened to Beatty.
Beatrix is a lovely name that some might shorten to Trixie.

Ramona
Tess
Cora
Pearl
Lottie
Floss
Birdie

I love Beatrix but suddenly it’s everywhere! Bea (pronounced Bee) is a great nickname

I love Beatrix and wanted to name DD that but I he vetoed it. I would have shortened it to Trixie if need be

I love Bea, Beatrix and Betsy!

I adore Bonnie too,

Love the old fashioned names

I know an older lady named Beatrix who shortens it to Betty.

A bit old fashioned, but quite sweet and old fashioned names seem to be popular now.

Love Beatrix. Betsy is another name entirely. I know of a Beatrice and her nn is Buzz (bumble bee...Bea). It's something that's just stuck over the years.

I don’t think you can shorten Beatrix to Betsy.

If Margaret can be Peggy and John can be Jack then I think Beatrix can be Betsy

I like it OP.