Is this name pretentious?

[rolfsbeard]

Beatrice. We really like the name but want to avoid anything that whiffs of pretentiousness. Thanks

No, I don't think its pretentious.

yes

My niece is a Beatrice and known as Bea.

No

No, it's not pretentious.

No, not pretentious. It's a lovely name

No - I don't think it is at all

No, not at all.

My friend has a dd called Beatrice. Another has one called Beatrix. They were born in adjacant rooms within minutes of each other! it was a race to see who could have theirs first and lay claim to the name

FWIW I think both Beatrice and Beatrix are lovely names

No I love it.

No

Absolutely not. Seems to be becoming much more popular though.

No, of course not. It's lovely. Don't like Beatrix though.

No

No, lovely

no not pretentious, perhaps a little to the other way now since it's so popular

It's lovely and I know one.

But my dds have supposedly pretentious names so maybe you should ignore me

No,it was my nanny's name,she was known as Betty.
I would have loved to call DD Beatrice,NN Bea...but DP vetoed

No. It's a nice name

No not at all.

No, it's lovely

Yes, a bit.

No...one of the roughest girls I went to school with was called Beatrice! So not pretentious at all! Sorry!