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Beatrice
I would really like to hear everyone's opinion on Beatrice.I really love the meanings 'traveller' and 'blessed' and I think it has a beautiful sound too.
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Beatrice has an old fashion classic feel and is one of my favorite 'b' names. When I picture someone named Beatrice, I imagine someone who love nature and animals with a quiet dignified personality. In addition to 'blessed and 'traveler,' Beatrice could also mean "she who makes happy."
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I think it's simple and classic without being plain. The meanings and history are interesting. I like the BEE-ə-tr sounds, but I don't really like saying the -ice part. I feel like it has a posh (? not quite, though can't think of a better word) quality that would make it seem affected if I used it.Stylewise, it kind of reminds me of these names: Rosalind, Anne, Matilda, Violet, Lavinia, Elinor, Irene, Adele.

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I'm the jam in a Beatrice sandwich, so all my opinions are good ones.My mother didn't mind her name, except that nobody ever used it, and though she was fine with Bea, she was tiny and pretty and mostly got Beattie! If she'd lived to meet her granddaughter, I think she might have let us use Beatrice as a mn, but nothing else. However, she didn't and we both wanted to honour her, and did.My daughter is happy with her name and the meaning, and chooses to go by Bea. She finds that Afrikaans-speaking people tend to assume her name is 'really' Beatrix, and/or to pronounce it Beetrice and her nn as Bee. But she sorts them out very swiftly!
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So is your daughter's nickname pronounced Bee-uh? I've never heard that before. I assumed Bea was always said like Bee.
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More like Beer, actually, but without the -r, and only by Afrikaans-speaking people. In English, here, Bea does indeed = Bee. Just another example of why it would be nice to be able to use real phonetic symbols on this site, but I for one would have to do a lot of revision if it ever happens.Bee-uh is more like the German pronunciation, and I use it sometimes: not sure why, as my German's pretty rudimentary and she doesn't speak it at all.
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Love it! I'd probably use Beatrix if I were using it, but I absolutely love Beatrice! And Bea as a nickname is adorable.
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I really like her for the reasons you’ve mentioned. Wonderful meanings, and a lovely soft sound. To me Beatrice is very kind and gentle, quiet and fiercely intelligent. She feels quite floral and Victorian. I do prefer Beatrix (it’s amazing how much a few letters can change a name), but I’d love to meet a little Beatrice. There was one on a show I was watching, and she fit the name so well, down to her hair and floral dresses.
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