Anonymous
Post 12/04/2018 10:00     Subject: Bea or Nell?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bea and Nell are nicknames. Don't do this. Give a nickname to your dog for a full name, but give your child a proper name so that she has options.

Please consider giving your child the longer version of the name so that she can use this if she wants later, when she is working or completing a resume, etc.

So, Beatrice or Beatrix, and then nickname Bea, or Eleanor, and then nickname Nell?



Just as a Beatrice can call herself Bea, so can a Bea call herself Beatrice. There is no name police.


Have you heard of the website DCUM?


Or Germany. But it’s mostly to keep morons from naming their kid ‘Adolf’ or ‘Mein Fuhrer’.
We should have the name Police here to keep people from naming their kid ‘Donald’ or ‘The Orange Fuhrer’
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2018 09:58     Subject: Re:Bea or Nell?
Anonymous wrote:I like Nell, and I love the PP's suggestion of Janella (or I like Janelle even better) for a full name.

It's also nice as a nn for Eleanor.

I love a lot of the other suggestions people have made, especially Tess and Jane.


That sounds more like a name with the nickname of Jan - and it’s just not very pleasant. Janelle? Nah.

Janice - Jan
Eleanor or Nellie - Nell
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2018 09:56     Subject: Re:Bea or Nell?
Nell. How cute!!!
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2018 09:32     Subject: Re:Bea or Nell?
I've never warmed up to Beatrice. But how about Bea as a nickname for Belinda or Bridget or Brenna …?
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2018 09:14     Subject: Re:Bea or Nell?
I like Nell, and I love the PP's suggestion of Janella (or I like Janelle even better) for a full name.

It's also nice as a nn for Eleanor.

I love a lot of the other suggestions people have made, especially Tess and Jane.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2018 09:01     Subject: Bea or Nell?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bea and Nell are nicknames. Don't do this. Give a nickname to your dog for a full name, but give your child a proper name so that she has options.

Please consider giving your child the longer version of the name so that she can use this if she wants later, when she is working or completing a resume, etc.

So, Beatrice or Beatrix, and then nickname Bea, or Eleanor, and then nickname Nell?



Just as a Beatrice can call herself Bea, so can a Bea call herself Beatrice. There is no name police.


Have you heard of the website DCUM?
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2018 08:09     Subject: Re:Bea or Nell?
They are both bad. You need to start over. The names you chose are old and tired sounding. I would not saddle a child with either.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2018 00:24     Subject: Re:Bea or Nell?
My cousin has a Bea (Beatrice) but I’m partial to Nell because it was my grandmother’s name (her mother was Nellie).
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2018 22:27     Subject: Bea or Nell?
I know a Nell and a Bea and think they are both adorable names. I have a slight preference for Bea.
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2018 22:12     Subject: Bea or Nell?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bea and Nell are nicknames. Don't do this. Give a nickname to your dog for a full name, but give your child a proper name so that she has options.

Please consider giving your child the longer version of the name so that she can use this if she wants later, when she is working or completing a resume, etc.

So, Beatrice or Beatrix, and then nickname Bea, or Eleanor, and then nickname Nell?



Just as a Beatrice can call herself Bea, so can a Bea call herself Beatrice. There is no name police.


Surely you can see how this is not the same thing at all.



Why isn't it, and even if it isn't, how does that matter?
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2018 22:01     Subject: Bea or Nell?


Anonymous wrote:They are both very sweet. I like Nell more but both are great choices.



Agree!
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2018 21:49     Subject: Re:Bea or Nell?
I know a Nell whose full name is Helen so it could also be a nn for that. I love the name Nell!
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2018 21:47     Subject: Re:Bea or Nell?
Anonymous wrote:I love both, OP. If I had to choose, I would choose Nell. Nell is a beautiful name.


+1. Love the name Nell. Bea is cute too I just like Nell a bit better.
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2018 21:47     Subject: Bea or Nell?
Beth
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2018 21:44     Subject: Bea or Nell?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bea and Nell are nicknames. Don't do this. Give a nickname to your dog for a full name, but give your child a proper name so that she has options.

Please consider giving your child the longer version of the name so that she can use this if she wants later, when she is working or completing a resume, etc.

So, Beatrice or Beatrix, and then nickname Bea, or Eleanor, and then nickname Nell?



Just as a Beatrice can call herself Bea, so can a Bea call herself Beatrice. There is no name police.


Surely you can see how this is not the same thing at all.