Girls name list - adding and removing some names

[babylatts]

Hi all,

I recently started a thread of my girls lists and had a great response. I have since reviewed the list and taken some names off and added a couple. Would love to hear your thoughts on my new list. I'm not sure if it makes a difference but I will mention I am in Australia. Our DD is Elsie Isabelle named after my great grandmother who was also an Elsie not Elizabeth.

Beatrix - A new favourite of mine. Love Bea (Bee-a) and Bee nicknames but not Trix/Trixie. My biggest concern is the different ways of pronouncing the name. Both DH and I say Bee-uh-trix.

Genevieve - Love this name but hate the nickname Gen/Jenny.
Vieve/Vie/Ginny are sweet

Polly - DH current favourite, I really like it and wouldn't be disappointed in the name, just a bit worried about Polly want a cracker, Miss Polly had a dolly or Polly put the kettle on?

Heidi - not sure if this is too boring in comparison to other names

Sylvie - Kind of has the same spunk feel to Elsie. Last name ends in a strong er sound so Sylvia doesn't work.

For middle names we are going to go with DH family names. I would love to use something to honour his grandfather who passed away a long time ago but is still highly spoke about in his family. He was Edward but mainly went by Ted. I don't like any of the female versions of Edward but think Teddy would be sweet (especially for a middle name that isn't used that often)

Other names would be Leni after DH other grandfather (Leonard nn Len/Lenny), Therese or Frances after DH Nana.

Current combos I like
Beatrix Teddy - Favourite
Beatrix Leni
Genevieve Teddy - Close second
Genevieve Leni
Polly Therese - DH favourite
Heidi Frances
Sylvie Therese

Sorry for the massive post. Would love to hear feedback good and bad. I absolutely love Elsie's name and want something that I will equally love for this bub.

Beatrix Leni is gorgeous.

I would not worry one jot re Polly put the kettle on. As for Polly want a cracker or a doll I have never ever even heard those phrases so I would not worry about that.

I think Frances is a lovely name. I'd be tempted to use that as a first name rather than middle name especially if DH Nana's name. But just my opinion. I have a son with a middle name Francis. I sometimes wish I had made it his first name.

You have a gorgeous shortlist & the two favourites are beautiful names (I’m not being much help here!)

Winnie is often short for Edwina just in case that offers a new combo

@BasiliskStare I actually have Frances nn Frankie further down the list. Frankie seems to be a very popular name over here in Aus at the moment so kind of put me off it.

@Bumblebeesmum I really like the name Winnie as a stand alone name but don't think I have the confidence to use it. Plus I worry that it is too 'nicknamey' even though we have an Elsie, it seems next level.

@Tillygetsit Thanks for your reply. I think DH granddad would be pretty chuffed if we used his name

Well @Babylatts FWIW I always think a name just becomes the child's name and so much more thought goes into it before the arrival & once the girl / boy is born it is just their name

I am team Frances though - I think it is a classic and elegant name. I do not live in Australia though so cannot comment on whether Frankie is "too popular" .or whether other nicknames would be available. If I were to be brutally honest I think Beatrix is a bit of a mouthful / clumsy name. Bee is cute . But not my daughter. & Beatrix Potter got through with it.

This is the problem with discussing names. When I was only a few months into my pregnancy I floated the idea of "Guy" to one of my SILs. I thought a reasonably classic name. She immediately said " Guy the Gorilla" Which I had never even thought of. From that moment forth Guy was struck off the list and no names were ever discussed with friends or family again until DS was born. At which point - too late for them to comment

I have a friend ( even older than me ) who is Theresa , mostly known as Tessa - I think Tessa is a nice name too. Theresa Frances may have a ring to it ?

Ah - I wish you all well even if you do not call your daughter Frances - I joke - obviously - main point is I hope she is healthy and happy.

My favourites for Elsie's sister are Beatrix, Polly and Sylvie. I think all 3 of these are terrific names and perfect with Elsie. I know a young Polly and not aware that she has had any of the issues you raise. Beatrix Teddy, Polly Therese (or Polly Frances), Sylvie Therese (or Sylvie Frances) are all fantastic combos. It's really hard to choose between them but maybe Polly then Beatrix.

I love Genevieve but not as Elsie's sister - it's too 'big' and formal in style and not the same vintage chic. Heidi just doesn't do it for me at all, I'm sorry, and just doesn't seem in the same class as your other names. I've known so many Heidis, and it's not vintage chic.

Sylvie Therese

From your list I think Beatrix Teddy.
I personally prefer Beatrice to Beatrix though, because it has a softer sound and think it would flow lovely with Elsie.

@BasiliskStare Haha, thanks. I mentioned Frances nn Frankie to DH tonight and got the response 'don't mind it' which is normally a good sign haha. We won't be discussing names with any family or friends, that's why I'm clogging up the forum with loads of questions haha. They don't even know the gender this time around. For no real particular reason I don't like Theresa/Tessa. Might have to do with going to school with so many Tess's, one of whom was not particularly nice.

@MercyBodle I change between my favourites all the time. Genevieve is one that gets put high on the list then taken right off. I love the name but not sure if I can picture having a daughter named Genevieve if that makes sense? And I think I agree with Heidi being slightly boring in comparison to the other names. Thanks for the feedback!

@Shadow1234 It's weird how I really like Beatrix but not overly drawn to Beatrice. Although I did recently read somewhere someone give Beatrice the nickname Bertie which I like.

@Icklepup thanks for the vote

Heidi Francis- love. I think Heidi beautiful.
Genevieve Leni (nn Evie?) - love. Don't like Gen/Jenny either but although popular Evie is nice alternative and sounds good with Elsie.

Love Beatrice not Beatrix so much and I really loathe Trixie.

Also love Polly - I know two cool, beautiful Pollys who’ve never had any parrot or kettle issues.

Frances is grim. Jenny is also grim and all the Genevieves I’ve known have ended up as Gen/ny.

So I’d choose between Polly and Beatrice personally.

We have a Beatrix nickname Bertie 🥰

Would you be using nn Bea (as in Be-a) not Bea to rhyme with pea?

I know few Bea's / Bee's (including DD) and Bea always rhymes with pea.

I like Genevieve Leni, Genevieve Teddy and Beatrix Leni. All lovely!

Beatrix Leni by a mile. It's an awesome name. Cool but not out there iykwim.

@BlueMerchant we love the nickname Evie but have so many around us with kids either Evie as a stand alone name or something that gets shortened to it. I really like vee or veevee and even Eve but know that once they're in school I'll have no control over the gen/Jenny nickname

@TatianaLarina great to hear that you know of two Polly's and they haven't had any troubles with parrots or kettles

@Honeydukesmum that's awesome! Love the nickname bertie does anyone try to shorten her name to trix/trixie?

@Crunchymum we like both be-a and bee so wouldn't mind either for a nickname, would probably wait and see what comes naturally. My dh likes the names Pia and Sia but they sound terrible with our surname so Beatrix nn Be-a seemed to suit

Thanks @Twelve8Ts and @YoghurtTopper great to hear others liking my combos. Feeling a little less stressed about coming up with a name for our little girl

No trixies yet but lots have said Bea x she’s only 15 months so I’m sure we will have lots of variations but we’re hoping Bertie sticks ( she was Bertie in bump and Beatrix at very last minute but we love both)

What about Holly?

You have some beautiful names there.
My favourite from your list is Beatrix Teddy, although I do prefer Beatrice xx

@Honeydukesmum that's so sweet, hopefully it'll stick, such a cool nickname

@Aquamarine1029 we had a dog named holly growing up so doesn't quite work for me. We had Molly on our list when pregnant with dd1 but we like Polly a lot more

@Emily135 thanks just out of curiosity, how do you pronounce Beatrice?

I've never heard Beatrix pronounced any way other than beer-tricks. Im in the UK though so maybe not a problem in Australia. I think if you were here you'd be constantly correcting people.

Also Bea is always pronounced Bee. Never heard Bee-uh to rhyme with Sia. That's maybe a location thing though.

I love Bea (prefer Beatrice to Beatrix though. I think the X sound is too harsh at the end).

I love Genevieve (nn Vivi) and Heidi. Not keen on Polly (and I did automatically think 'put the kettle on').

I don't like Polly or Sylvie.

Like all the middle names too.

I think Polly Therese goes best with your first DD's name. They'd both have a cutesy, vintage first name with a more classic middle name.

@NuffSaidSam it probably is us Aussie's butchering the English language. I think over here it's pronounced both ways. It surprises me that you're the first person who thought of put the kettle on when hearing Polly. It is a worry of mine but I still think the name is sweet and goes well with Elsie. Vivi is my favourite nickname out of all the names we like, I just dislike Jenny too much.

@DramaAlpaca thanks, as much as I don't care whether the names 'go together' in terms of theme etc (just don't want them to sound ridiculous together) I'm happy that Polly has the same sort of feel to Elsie.

@babylatts Beatrice is pronounced the same as Beatrix but with ‘s’ rather than ‘x’ at the end, so very similar. (Bea-uh-tris) xx

Personally not keen on Frances or Polly. Just seem a bit dowdy to me.