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!

Betsy is one of those twee cutesy names that I just can’t imagine on a fully grown adult.

I think it’s lovely and you can use whichever nickname you like.

LOVE the name Beatrix, I agree with Trixie being a cute nickname

We loved the name Beatrix, but loathed the nickname Bea - if we had gone with Beatrix we were considering Bertie or Betty as nicknames given the three syllables of the full names!

You could shorten to Bebe for more than one syllable

Beatrix I know is BiBi (bee-bee)

Trixie Matel is one of my favourite queens

Hmmm it's OK. Wouldn't be my first choice of name for a girl, but it's got a little bit of mileage in it. Trix, Bea, Trixie.

I like the name Eleanor, as you can get Elle, Ellie, Nell, Nellie, Ella... And also Camilla... Coz you can shorten it to Millie which I love. Also Elizabeth, as you can get Liz, Lizzie, Beth, Bet, Betty. A different permutation for every occasion.

Betty is a better ickname for Beatrix than Betsy.

Beatrix but I don't think it's shortened to Betsy, is it? Trixie would be a nicer shortening (well, it's not a shortening...but a variation?)

@DontBe no? I mean, in Wales it's grown up enough to name a whole health board after...

I’m biased because I have a Beatrix.
When she was tiny she was called Betty and Trixie. Now, as a teenager, her friends call her Bea.

People often comment on what a lovely name it is (and what a lovely girl she is too of course!)

I don’t think you can shorten Beatrix to Betsy.
I think you can call the kid anything even if it isn't the most obvious option.

Btw, I love Genevieve (shorten to Gen, Evie) and Camille pronounced the French way (Cammy).
I'm sure others will go, 'Eh, what?' But I've always loved the names Percy or Purdey for a girl (like the Joanna Lumley character in the New Avengers).
Also, always loved Eppie (shortening of Eponine as in Les Mis or Silas Marner)

^not sure any of these are like Beatrix, though...

Betsy is short for Elizabeth

I think Bea pronounced the spanish way (Beay - A) would be fine with a one syllable surname - i'm probably biased as it's actually on my list of potential names.

Betsy is actually a name that some people call me and as an adult i'm not particularly keen on it apart from when friends from my childhood call me it but for a child's nickname i think it's sweet.

I love Beatrix and Beatrice equally. Bibi is a fabulous shortened name if you really need one...or Betty which is also lovely. I don't think you need to though, honestly...why wouldn't you use the given name when it is so great?

Well, of course you 'can' call her Betsy if she's Beatrice.

The issue is that everyone else will assume she's Elizabeth.

My brother went to school with a child called Edward whose parents called him Bertie. The poor kid was constantly having to correct people. I remember his mum saying brightly 'no one thinks it's odd'.

Oh yes they did, love.

Totally get why a slightly unusual nickname might evolve naturally, but IMO if you really want a name to be used, you need to use that name.

Sorry, Beatrix (am dyslexic and in my head they sound the same).

I love it and Trixie is very cute

My great aunt Beatrix was Beatie (or Beat)

I like them both, and I like Betty and Bea or BiBi too. I think both Betty and Betsy are acceptable as a shortened version of Beatrix. I also agree and think it’s nicer to have a ‘grown up’ name that can be shortened rather than just give a nickname as the actual name.
To those saying Betsy is more of a child’s name, I know two adult Betties and a Betsy who is Welsh. They are all lovely.

The Beatrice I knew at school was called Buzzy.

I like it, but I’d just call her Beatrice.

They are both two syllable names so it’s not ‘shortening’ anything.

I like both though.