Beatrice or Beatrix?

[Baz13]

Which do you prefer?

[msatlantis]

Beatrice, it's beautiful. And Bea for short is gorgeous too - one of the few names I like when it's shortened.

[pilates]

Beatrice

[cheekstime]

Beatrix - potter was a great lady x

[Flickstar]

Beatrix! I have one- I find Beatrice a bit frumpy and prim. We call her Bebe, Bea and Trix/Trixie

[KatieT12]

Beatrix, not keen, though... I do like the NN Bea

[DiscordiaVanDiemen]

Beatrix definitely.

[CityFox]

Beatrix sounds like a character from Asterix, or BellaTrix LeStrange. I would go for Beatrice.

[ABitAsleep]

Love Beatrix! :) I think it has more opportunities for nice nn too - Bea, Trix, Trixie.

Plus, it always reminds me of Beatrix Potter, who was a pretty awsome lady!

Beatrice is just meh in my opinion :/

[NotMyMonkey]

Beatrice. Beatrix seems harsher and older to me.

[Aquiver]

For some reason I find Beatrice more feminine and elegant - definitely prefer that spelling.

[IoraRua]

Neither really, but Beatrice at a push.
And don't use beatha - makes me think of whiskey as uisce beatha is Irish for whiskey.

[thebiscuitindustry]

Beatrice. I find Beatrix a bit harsher.

[SarfEast1cated]

And these variation from Wiki too I wonder if you could use the English version and to Tris as a nn... (sorry OP will stop now)
Beata (Polish, Swedish)
Beate (German, Norwegian)
Beatha (Irish)
Beatrica (Croatian, Slovakian)
Béatrice (French)
Beatrice (Italian)
Beatričė (Lithuanian)
Beatrijs (Dutch)
Beatrika (Slovene)
Βεατρίκη (Veatriki) (Greek)
Beatris (English)
Beatrisa (German)
Beatrise (Latvian)
Beatriss (English)
Beatriu (Catalan)
Beatrix (Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Latin)
Beatriz (Galician, Portuguese, Spanish)
Beatrycze (Polish)
Beitris (Scottish Gaelic)
Betrys (Welsh)

[SarfEast1cated]

Have googled Beatrix is Latin, the other spelling is Italian apparently. Wikipedia could be wrong.

[dementedpixie]

I would say them differently so Beatrice would have a 'ss' sound at the end whereas Beatrix would have an 'x' sound. I prefer Beatrice.

[MrsMarigold]

Beatrice for a Bea
Beatrix for a Trixi
Or either one could be BeBe

[SnuffleGruntSnorter]

Beatrice. I love Beatrix potter but I feel as a baby name it's got that feel of "we're trying to be a bit different" about it

[SarfEast1cated]

What is the difference? Same meaning I assume... I love the name and like Bea as a nickname

[Riderontheswarm]

Beatrice. I used to think it was awful. I think it is beautiful now.

[Zampa]

Beatrix - less common and Ms. Potter was pretty awesome.

[Sophronia]

Beatrice

[HackerFucker22]

Neither. Sorry!!

At a push Beatrix I guess.

[dementedpixie]

The first