To be or not to be

[AverageMummy]

Beatrice ?

Other contenders:
Eliza
Phoebe
Matilda

Love all of those except Matilda.

Of the 4, Beatrice. Matilda is overused.

I would also go for Beatrice. Matilda used to be one of my favourite names, but I've gone off it recently for some reason. I like Eliza and dislike Phoebe.

Beatrice is the nicest of those names

I prefer Matilda

Matilda

I vote for Matilda

Beatrice

Phoebe is the only one I like.

I like Matilda best, followed by Beatrice, Eliza & Phoebe in that order.

Eliza Beatrice

Not Matilda, too common now
Beatrice is lovely

LOVE Eliza

Beatrice & Matilda have both been very popular in recent years so may date. Phoebe is ok.

I’m not too keen on any of them but my favourite is Matilda.

Only like Beatrice.

Eliza - I was bullied by one ☹️
Matilda- nice enough but probably will be another one in her class
Phoebe - nice but a bit tame.

I like Eliza best, Beatrice ok but prefer Beatrix

We have a Beatrice. I love it, always have, always will. It was the name I always wanted since long before I even knew if I wanted kids.

Baby on the way is Matilda. I was originally put off by its recent surge in popularity but eventually decided I don’t care.

Eliza and Phoebe both nice but not names I’d go for myself.

We have a 7 month old Matilda. Despite everyone saying it's super-popular, we've only met one other since having her and she's 4 or 5.

Love Beatrice, but our GirlCat is called Eugenie so that was off the list.

We also contemplated Phoebe but couldn't get past the Friends character, and Eliza just made us think Doolittle.

Also on our list were Clara, Martha and Dinah.

beatrice is a very ugly name in my humble opinion, it even gets close to knocking Gobnait off the top spot. Matilda always has that Australian sheep shearing thing about it, white trash. Eliza is the best.

All lovely names.

(When I clicked from Active, I was expecting a suicidal poster.)

Beatrice or Matilda.

@PrincessLouis they’re all quite fashion names so will all date to their generation but it’s not something I care about really

No idea what the sheep shearing thing is all about

I like Phoebe best from your list. Beatrice is nice too though.