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I like both Beatrix and Beatrice. Right now I prefer Beatrice. They give me very different impressions. Beatrice is a bit buttoned-up and prim, and Beatrix is her spunkier cousin. I wouldn't describe Beatrix as pretty, but it's fun. And you have the option of Bea or Trixie as a nickname, so she can be a bit more understated or embrace the quirkier side of her name depending on who she is as a person.

I think Beatrix is fusty and old enough to come flying out of the other side and to deserve a revival. It's almost come full circle.

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And I like it quite a bit. The -x ending is really interesting, but the name itself it's completely insane or exotic. It's not fresh, considering the influx of old-and-new-again names, but it is due it's time in the sun. Fun fact, I used to have a sci-fi character named Bix/Trix. She was insane in the membrane and so much fun.

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To my mind, Beatrix is younger, more fun, more dynamic and, yes, more fun to the ear, than Beatrice (I like Beatrice too).

This message was edited 7/12/2014, 12:55 PM

My daughter is Beatrice, as was my mother. It was also my grandmother's middle name, so it's the version I'm used to. Beatrix makes me think of Dutch royalty - and the Dutch are more inclined to use Latin forms than we are, like Jacobus and Antonius, though they also go the other way and use a nn form as the full name.

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My daughter is glad she wasn't Beatrix because she doesn't like the nn Trixie. She uses Bea or the full form.

I like Beatrix better than Beatrice for the nickname Trix or Trixie, which I have only recently come to like.
I don't think it sounds particularly pretty but it doesn't sound awful either. It sounds like an adorable little girl with pigtails and a pink dress, and grazed knees and muddy white socks.

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Yay!

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I really like it.. I'm a big fan of many names with the letter 'x' though.

Yay!

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I like both of Beatrice and Beatrix. I go back and forth on which I prefer.

I think Beatrix and Beatrice are both nice, though I prefer Beatrix, simply because of the Beatrix Potter connection.

I like Beatrix. She's more spunky than Beatrice and you can have the nicknames Bea AND Trixie.

I like Beatrix better than Beatrice. It's a cool name.

Yay all the way.

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Beatrix is a beautiful name. Beatrice is more familiar and may be better for that reason but both names are fabulous. I'd just go with whichever looked best with the surname and middle name.

I think Beatrice is better, moreso since I think "Triss/Tris" makes for a better nickname (unless they went by "Bea" for short either way) than Trix/Trixie would.

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Either way I like Beatrice and Beatrix (and Bellatrix, ahaha).

totes

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Beatrix is adorable. I also like Beatrice, but Beatrix seems a little sassier, and I prefer it.

I really like Beatrix, and think it is pretty. Beatrice is not better, just different. The X does not look strange. The Beatrix spelling makes me think of Queen Beatrix and Beatrix Potter (both pleasant associations).

I think the X looks a bit strange. I also don't like the possibility of the nickname Trixie. Beatrice is much prettier.

Yes, Beatrice would be better, though it's not much of an improvement to me. The x ending just looks pretentious and trying too hard to be classic.