Girls name quandry..

[StillPukin]

I'm looking for a girls name and am completely stuck. I like traditional/strong names eg Charlotte, Lucy, Katie (but cant use those). I also like the nickname Bee/Bea, as in short for Beatrice but not 100% happy with Beatrice - perhaps if Bee was short for something else...?

Any ideas??

NNs don't have to derive from the name. Call her what you like and still use Bee as a pet name. How about:

Elizabeth
Rebecca
Rachel
Anna
Victoria

Hebe with Bea/Bee as nn
Ditto Phoebe

Ooh well done Oriunda. Also how about Belinda?

Beatrix?
Bess?

Bee will do for any name beginning with B.

Barbara
Bridget
Berenice
Beverley
Bella
Bianca

not that you probably like any of these

I agree with AlansCatalanCat, any name beginning with B could have the nickname Bee/Bea.

Beth/Bethany?
Bianca
Bernadette
Bridie?

Why can't you have the names you used as examples?

Thanks..
Of course! The names dont have to start with the bee sound - genius! But, hmmm, I'm not smitten with any of the suggestions. oh god its so hard choosing a name (I've been on SO many forums/lists etc and havent found any I like, its just going to be 'Baby Pukin' at this rate!)
I cant have any of the names I used in my examples because they're already in the family

Francessca
Martha
Elizabeth
Louisa
Lucia
Laura
Florence
Victoria
Annabelle
Hannah
Lara
Emma

I love Phoebe, that's the nicest one with a bee nn imo.

Heather
Frances
Maud
Octavia
Harriet
Florence
Agatha

Beryl
Betty
Betsy
Belle
Bessie
Bethany
Briony
Bridget
Bronwyn

Shelby
Thisbe
Trilby

Alice
Hannah
Harriet

Lillian
Eleanor
Natasha
Annalisa
Evelyn
Gabrielle (Bree?)

Beata?

names I think are both strong and traditional:
Anne, Alice, Bethan, Christina, Caroline, Cassandra, Emma, Evelyn, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Esther, Florence, Fiona, Frances, Grace, Hannah, Harriet, Hope, Iris, Juliet, Josephine, Jocelyn, Jennifer, Katherine, Lauren, Margaret, Madeleine, Marianne, Megan, Nicole, Naomi, Nina, Paige, Rachel, Ruth, Rhiann, Rosemary, Scarlet, Stephanie, Sarah, Sorrell, Tamsin, Veronica

Hmmm, sorry, I know I'm impossible. I dont like a single one of those suggestions (HUGE apologies to anybody with those names, they just dont 'fit' with me).

Jennifer
Mary
Katherine
Lotta
Clara
Margaret
Elsa
Elspeth

Hmmm, you're a tough nut for sure! And you definitely want "traditional"? As in classic English?

Are you sure you like traditional names? If you don't like any of the suggestions maybe something a bit less traditional is the way to go? Or are you just stuck on the ones you can't use?

Clare
Emily
Marnie
Mabel
Evangeline
Julia
Julianna
Marie
Constance/Connie
Thea
Cassie
Etta
Daisy
Lily
Annie

Sophie/Sophia
Miranda
Louise
Estelle/Stella
Henrietta
Rose

Anna?

Lois?

Or Hannah?

Abigale

Or even Abigail :)

Matilda....Tilda, Tilly, Millie?

If you like Bea why not go for it since you can't find any other names you like
Unusual but not unheard of as a name 'in its own right'.