Beatrice?

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I'm not a fan of unusual names and I don't particularly need my children's names to be unique or 'special'. I do, however, feel strongly about them not having names that could be ridiculed or that they would be likely to dislike.

I love the classic name Beatrice, but I've read a few comments online by people who feel that it's 'frumpy' and they also have concerns that it can be read as 'beat rice' (a bit far-fetched in my opinion! When would anyone use the phrase 'beat rice'?). Ultimately the name would be for the child and not for me, so any honest thoughts would be welcome!

Love it! I think it's impossible to avoid any names with uncomfortable ideas - there's lot of way some names might be 'bad' and in majority of cases, worry at the start of pregnancy doesn't even matter when child goes to school

It’s a beautiful classic name with Italian, royal and literary references.

Beatrice is lovely!

Nice and some choice with nicknames - Bea, Tris, Trissy, Trixie, Beattie.

Not frumpy at all, and lovely classic name.

My DD knows a 17 yo Beatrice. DD calls her Bea.

Our cat is also called Beatrice.

I have a Beatrice. It means joy bringer. Which sums up my dd perfectly!

Nothing wrong with Beatrice. I used to go to a café called Beatrice in Italy, and it has a lovely pronunciation in Italian if she ever spends time in Italy! Bea is a great shortening.

It's lovely! Classic and pretty.

No idea what Beat Rice is about. It doesn't mean anything. Anyone unfamiliar with the name will pick it up easily on introduction.

I have a Beatrice, so I'm biased, but I think it is a lovely name.

I love it (and it's rare I love any of the names on here). Classic and heartwarming for some reason!

I do think it's quite grumpy, yes, but think I'm the only one on this thread, so the majority seem to like it.

I'm not an old lady name type though; my friend just had a baby named Enid and I have my own private thoughts about that 😬

FFS. Frumpy. Not grumpy. 😂

I love the name Beatrice! I've always thought that the nickname 'Bea' is really cute as well

It's a lovely name. Was on our shortlist for DD 😊

It’s nice

Love it! I don’t see it as frumpy - I know a cool teen who goes by “Bea” and it suits her!

Have DN who is a Beatrice. In her younger years she was a "Bee". Her mum went mental with anything bee themed until when she was about 13 she decided she was a Bea and never wanted to see another bee birthday card again 😂

She rocks both the cool Bea and the classical Beatrice. In fact had not already had this name in the family, it would have been top of our list.

The stunning and talented Beatrice Borromeo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Borromeo

It’s a lovely name and quite well used so I wouldn’t worry about it, she’s not going to get teased - and it’s certainly not frumpy as it’s been consistently popular-ish for 20 years or more. Bea is nice too.

The 'beat rice' is something and nothing, some smartarse might say it.
It's a lovely classic name and not too overused.

Beat Rice

How about Beatrix? I much prefer that spelling. It looks more English to me

While I'm not super keen on Beatrice I do love the nickname Bea

Beautiful name, I love it. It would’ve been on my list if DH hadn’t inexplicably said no.

It was on our list for d2. I find it lovely.