Beatrice

[Whisperquietly]

DH quite likes this name. We threw it in as a suggestion to MIL who wrinkled her nose and said it sounds pretentious and “try hard”. We’ve had similar reactions from other friends and family. What do you think?

Other possibilities are:

Lucinda (Lucy)
Annabelle (Annie)
Charlotte (Lottie)

I love Lucinda !

I know a baby Beatrice and the family are not pretentious at all. I think it's a lovely name

I have a Beatrice. I think it's great. Bea is a lovely short and you can buy lots of bee things

I like all your choices, Beatrice is probably my favourite though!

I love it. Reminds me of the lady out of call the midwife though but that isn't a bad thing.

I love Beatrice & it's my favourite out of your choices. I don't think it's pretentious or try hard. I also like Beatrix.

Oh, and I wouldn't bother sharing name suggestions with family or friends before the baby is born!

LOVE Beatrice!!

I wouldn't discuss any more names with anyone, you'll end up never picking one! People always have very different opinions!

I love Beatrice. I certainly don't think it's "try hard". It's my favourite out of your list, though I do rather like Lucinda. I'm not keen on Annabelle (spelled like that), or Charlotte.

Prefer Charlotte (Lottie) from your list. Also like Annabel (Bella) - this spelling and nn.

Beatrice is ace. Lucinda wins for me though

Beatrice is lovely. Definitely not pretentious or try hard. Beatrix is nice too.
I only like Charlotte from your other choices - the others are a bit frilly.

Beatrice reminds me of the Princess from the Royal Family, she's beautiful so it's not a bad thing.

It’s my DDs middle name, after DHs gran... I love it.

Beatrice by a country mile

I love Beatrice and Charlotte (Lottie)

My daughter is Beatrice. I love it. The name meaning is bringer of joy - tell that to anyone who wrinkles their nose! X

Beatrice is a lovely name, I would go with that.

I don’t like Lucinda at all (Lucy is lovely but Lucinda is a bit pretentious and try-hard in my opinion).

I love Annabel but I think the Annabelle spelling is a bit flowery.

Charlotte is nice but quite a safe choice.

If I were you I would just choose a name and don’t share it with your friends or family until after she is born. It’s your choice after all, and people will be less free with their opinions when you’ve just been through labour and they are looking at your beautiful baby girl (called Beatrice).

I really like Beatrice and Bea. Lucinda and Charlotte are lovely too.

Beatrice is a lovely name, I love Beatrix even more!

And it's not try hard or pretentious at all. Just a nice normal name.

I think. Keep your name choices to yourselves. You cannot please everyone so just reveal when baby is born. People are much less likely to bad mouth a name attached to an actual baby!

Beatrice is lovely - biased as it's on my list.

What does try hard mean? Shouldn't we try to find a perfect name, or just pick a random top 100 name?

Beatrice is nice.

All lovely choices, I think Lucinda is my favourite followed by Beatrice.