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If Bertie is the nickname, what would the 'proper' girls / unisex name be?

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ManoloChooBoutin · 07/04/2019 11:41

Just that really! DH likes Bertie but thinks it ought to be a NN.

Thanks!

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SnuggyBuggy · 07/04/2019 11:42

Alberta?

SayNoToCarrots · 07/04/2019 11:42

Alberta / Bertha / Roberta

JuniperBeer · 07/04/2019 11:43

Beatrice. Beatrix.

Tawdrylocalbrouhaha · 07/04/2019 11:44

Albertine (my DS goes to nursery with one). It's becoming popular in East London.

ineedaholidaynow · 07/04/2019 11:44

Do you like Bertie for a girl?

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 07/04/2019 11:45

Roberta
Bertha

SheisMammyof2 · 07/04/2019 11:46

I know a Bertie short for Roberta.

SilentBob · 07/04/2019 11:46

Liberty

Catsandbootsandbootsandcats · 07/04/2019 11:47

I know a Roberta who is called Bert.

TeenTimesTwo · 07/04/2019 11:48

I think calling a girl Bertie is setting her up for being assumed to be a boy.

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ManoloChooBoutin · 07/04/2019 11:57

Thanks everyone, great suggestions

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Jaz32 · 07/04/2019 12:04

I like the suggestion of Liberty as she then has choice of Libby too!

popcorndiva · 07/04/2019 12:06

I like Alberta

BelulahBlanca · 07/04/2019 12:08

I love Liberty!

pinkyredrose · 07/04/2019 12:12

Elizabeth. Bertie is pretty horrid for a girl though.

DramaAlpaca · 07/04/2019 12:15

Roberta is the traditional one.

Bertie is awful though, I wouldn't want to be called Bertie.

Isitweekendyet · 07/04/2019 12:16

Elizabeth?
Bethany?
Any b name if it is just a nickname

ScreamingValenta · 07/04/2019 12:17

Albertine
Albertina

Alienspaceship · 07/04/2019 12:22

Roberta is lovely.

crumpet · 07/04/2019 12:24

I know a Roberta who is Bertie

SurreyisSunny · 07/04/2019 12:29

Love Bertie but I do think of Albert.

Liberty is a very pretty name.

Honeydukesmum · 07/04/2019 13:15

Our ‘bertie’ is Beatrix xx

Smoggle · 07/04/2019 13:17

Liberty is the nicest, but Roberta and Alberta also work - Beatrice and Elizabeth are a bit of a stretch.

Tiramisu1 · 07/04/2019 13:28

Alberta is lovely and Bertie would be a cute nickname.

Flamingosnbears · 07/04/2019 13:33

Roberta
Alberta

Are the first names that come to mind...

Roberta is quite sweet 😉