Phoebe or Beatrice

[Bella1905]

If you had to choose between both names which would you go for please? Thanks

Phoebe

Thanks all. @JillyGiraffei also prefer Phoebe (my husband not so keen) and would love her nickname to be Bee/Bea

You could shorten Phoebe to bee!

Beatrice

I like both. Prefer Phoebe but dislike Phoebs, so Beatrice.

Phoebe!

Beatrice sounds a bit wet blanket

Agree Bea is nice as nn for either

I’d struggle- both lovely

Phoebe. I don’t like Beatrice at all.

Phoebe

Phoebe! I don’t like Beatrice at all.

Bea

Phoebe

Voting for Beatrice as we have a seven-month-old Bea. 😊 I’m biased of course, but I find Phoebe rather limp in comparison, and it always makes me think of Friends, which shows my age.

We chose Beatrice due to the literary links - a gloriously feisty Shakespearean heroine - and it’s a name which works beautifully in lots of different languages. We’ve had a universally positive response to the name (though obviously no one is going to say to our faces that they hate it 😉). Plus, Bea suits her down to the ground too: vibrant, lively and fun. I always think a name should work for your child whether they turn out to be a high court judge or a DJ, and I feel Beatrice / Bea fits that criterion.

But then, as I said, I’m biased. Good luck with your choice! x

Beatrice - it’s a beautiful name

Beatrice, but I prefer Beatrix

Phoebe

Phoebe.

I'm the same: too many oh-ee-bee hee-bee-jeebies sounds in Phoebe for me.

It always makes me think of amoeba or feeble.

But I love Beatice - and both can be Bea for short.

Agree pp and was thinking this the other day: why isn't Beatrix used much? maybe sounds like Bellatrix?

Beatrice. Phoebe makes me think of feeble.

Both lovely
But prefer Phoebe

I love Beatrice, bea or trixie are fab nicknames too x

Phoebe

Zombie thread

I might be wrong @Peanutlicious ,
but I think the baby has been named a while ago

and the father vetoed the name Phoebe.
The thread is from 4 months ago.

I have a Phoebe and she likes her name and I still absolutely love it. We don’t meet many others.

Both are really good names, so a tough choice. And, as has been said, both give the nn Bee/Bea. Does one of them work better with the surname?

I'd probably go with Beatrice, but if Phoebe is your favourite I hope it gets over the line!