Bessie??

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I'm getting close to due date and DH and I really want to have at least an idea of chosen baby name.

I really like Bessie (it was my gmas name), and, DH was going along with this as a finalist until the not-afraid-to-say-what-she-thinks-MIL said she didn't like it. DH suddenly also changed his mind about it (think I might be able to pursuade it back though ).

What do people think about it as a name? Do you automatically associate it with aunt bessies yorkshire puddings?

I know it's originally an abbreviation name but my gma had it as a name in its own right. Thinking of using Iona as middle name btw.

I do actually like it.

But it's forever Yorkshire puds and roast spuds - sorry.

I like it. It's a pretty name and a more unusual (these days) version of Elizabeth.

No, I didn't think of Yorkshire puddings (although I have heard of Aunt Bessie's).

It's sweet but I much much prefer Bess

Awful, I didn't associate it with yorkshires, but with a fat smelly woman who lived up the road when I was a child.
What about Beth?

Well we did wonder about using 'Elizabeth' and then us just abbreviating it to Bessie, then, down the line she could change it to Beth/Liz etc of she wanted, but, our surname begins with an E so it doesn't quite sound right.

I like it - we considered it for dd. I like Bess as a given name, and Bessie as a nn for that. Bess just sounds thta bit more serious for when she becomes an astrophysicist.

Lovely! Agree that Bess is a more grown up sounding name. Bessie is cute as a nickname for a small girl imo.

I like it - wasn't there a Bessie in the Farwaway Tree?

Love this name, considered it for DD, would have used fullname Bess.

I associate it with Bessie Smith!

I really like it...very cute.

Stranded, there was a Mr Saucepanhead too or something to do with pots and pans. I belive Fanny made an appearance as well.

There was a Bessie (sadly I looked it up) as well as a Fanny - now there's a name that probably won't be making a come back any time soon.

Yes Mr Saucepan and Moon Face. Also a fairy called Silky? And a cousin called Dick who came to stay - so they could have a Dick and a Fanny togehter. Did Enid Blyton have a sense of humour????

Oh I loved those books.....

Go for it!

The MIL thing would just make me love it more!

hedwig must admit MIL did have that effect on me!

Never heard of this faraway tree you speak

I love the name Bess

Love it!

Snowangels - The Faraway Tree - I guess I must be showing my age (although I didn't read them in the 1940's but in the 1970's!).

I see in later editions Fanny has become Frannie and Dick is now Rick! Also Bessie becomes Beth as it is a more common abbreviation of Elizabeth.

I would go with Bessie though!

I love Bess/Bessie, my Grandma was called Bessie nn for Elizabeth

Lovely name - I'd use Bess, nickname Bessie.

I love it and agree that I'd use Bess on the birth certificate.

I love it, my dog is called Bessie but I wish we hadn't used it for her as I now want it on my shortlist!!

Sounds like a cow's name...sorry!

Aunty Bessies? Er no!

I like it but maybe go for Elizabeth with Bessie as a nickname.

Makes me think of stout middle aged women. And cows. And Dick Turpin's horse.

Betty is lovely though, and so are Bette, Lizzie, Eliza, Liza, imo - but Bess I just don't like.