What do you think of Berenice?

[Sesi]

I have an aversion to cute name and most of the granny chic names!

Have been looking for ages for a grown up name which has a regal quality but is unusual which rules out Victoria, Elizabeth etc.

So suddenly found the name Berenice, think it might be perfect but would love feedback as worried I might be horribly wrong!

I am afraid the few hearers who get the Racine/Emperor Titus association are going to be lost in the crowd of those who have no idea what is going on, no idea how to pronounce it, but think it must probably be chavvy because most out-of-the-way names are in their perception.

sorry first thing I thougut when I saw the thread title was

"very nice" (berry-nice)

I used to work with a Berenice (pronounced Berre-neece) and she was lovely

There's a very unpleasant character in a Jilly Cooper book called Berenice. That's what it immediately reminded me of.

on a par with brenda

images of a barmaid

sorry

I went to school with a girl called Bernisi and yes, Irish Catholic!

Tidey - just what I was going to say! She was Ace's American girlfriend in Prudence. Or should that be Ace's 'permanent commitment'. She made macrobiotic carrot cake for a kids party and they all called it crap and chucked it around. And then Sevenoaks ate her Hermes belt and sicked it up all over the stairs.

Oh, I got carried away .

I should have said that despite all that, I quite like the name except I've never been sure how to pronounce it.

LOL dearprudence