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[Opinions] Re: Bernadette?
by Amelia (everythingbabynames)
6/25/2011, 1:22 PM
in reply to a message by alicia_renee
I love it! But I would never be brave enough to use it. I could see it becoming the next Agnes or Beatrix in 20 years or so. I don't think it's quite ready for a comeback except for the very brave fashion forward baby namer. I would use it as a middle name if I was going to give it to a child. And I would personally stick with a name like Odette, just because I see a lot of teasing potential with the first syllable sounding like 'burn'. Wordsmith gave so many great middle name options!
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- alicia_renee   +1
6/25/2011, 5:28 PM
I don't know though-I'm thinking maybe it could pick up in some places. According to You Can't Call It It (a baby-naming blog), in NYC, where the author lives, Beatrix and Agnes are becoming quite popular among the fashion-forward. I am just unsure if Bernadette, and other names like this, will ever become popular enough to cross the Rockies over to WA state :).
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- Amelia (everythingbabynames)
6/26/2011, 1:50 PM
That's one of the hard things about living in the West (I'm not far from you up in Saskatchewan) Nevaeh is in our top 10 I believe.. I feel like Agnes is far far away from being acceptable. In Ontario/Quebec and New England, however, using Agnes would probably be perfectly fine.
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