Two middle names (one Irish)

[SycamoreTall]

Early days, but thinking about girls' names.

One of my favourite names is Beatrice. We would like two middle names, as our older child has two as well. We'd like one of the middle names to be an Irish name. The other one will probably be Catharine or Maria.

What combination would you choose? Thank you!

Beatrice Caitlyn Maria
Beatrice Aine Catharine
Beatrice Saoirse Catharine
Beatrice Grainne Maria

Seeing as it’s going to be a middle name you don’t need to worry about whether the spelling will be tricky or not

Beatrice Catharine Laoise (leesha)
Beatrice Maria Sadhbh (sive)
Beatrice Róise Maria (roe-shuh)
Beatrice Sorcha Maria (surrika)
Beatrice Catharine Siún (shoon)

Apols if you're Irish yourself and already know the pronunciations.

Yes I was thinking the same as PP - you can go full Caoilfhionn for a middle name!

Blaithín and Blathnaid are nice.

Going full Caoilfhionn sounds fun! (As a concept - not sure I like the name actually.)

Lovely suggestions. I like the really mythological ones. Now musing over whether Maria would be good as a first name too...

Actually, I think Maria could be a lovely first name, and it's not usually my style at all.

Definitely! I find some short girls' names ending in -a a bit... insubstantial? But I think Maria doesn't fall into that trap somehow.

Beatrice Oona Maria ?

I don’t really like Maria, makes me think of elderly barmaids, but Beatrice is overused - Catherine is beautiful though, underused right now, and lots of nice short forms

Thank you - Catharine is a close family name, so we wouldn't use it as a first name.

I didn't realize Beatrice could be considered overused, I've never met any under 25.

I love Beatrice and don’t think it’s overused at all.

Beatrice Catharine Aoife

Beatrice Catherine Ailbhe (Al-veh)
Beatrice Maria Róisín
Beatrice Catherine Orla
Beatrice Máire Catherine (Máire = Maria/Mary/Marie)
Beatrice Lasairfhíona Maria (Lass-a-reena)
Beatrice Catherine Deictire (Deck-terr-eh)
Beatrice Maria Fionnuala
Beatrice Maria Onóra
Beatrice Catherine Niamh
Beatrice Caitríona Maebh (Caitríona = Catherine)
Beatrice Catherine Fiadh (Fee-a)
Beatrice Catherine Eithne (Enya)
Beatrice Catherine Aoife
Beatrice Catherine Gormlaith (Gur-um-lah)
Beatrice Maria Úna
Beatrice Maria Sibéal (Shi-bale) [Sybil/Sybille]
Beatrice Catherine Aoibhe (Eva)

Beatrice is lovely, and outside the Top 100 names from last year, so it falls into the category of pretty rare but not unheard of.

I love Roisin, Ailbhe and Sibéal.

I've never heard of Deictire, where does it come from?

Deictire is a significant woman of Irish myth, the mother of Cú Chulainn.