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Funny you mention it, because today at my softball game there was girl on the other team named Beatrice. But every time their coach said "Let's go, Beatrice!", it sounded like "Let's go, Biotch!" I don't know if it was just the way the coach was saying it though.

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I don't particularly like Beatrice, but the sibset Celia Persephone and Sophia Beatrice is absolutely lovely.

Beatrice has always rubbed me the wrong way.

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Something about its sound is just so ugly to me. Kind of flat, and some other word that I can't put my finger on. Not harsh, but maybe heavy. Kind of matronly and repressive. It feels like a beast of a mother-in-law.

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I'm not a fan of Sophia as it is, but Beatrice follows it a bit like an anchor. I'd look around for something with a little more whimsy.

I love Beatrice especially in the middle name slot
Celia Persephone and Sophia Beatrice would be fine as a sib set in my opinion
I have loads of Beatrice Combo's amongst my favorites here are a few

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Alexandra Beatrice / Beatrice Alexandra
Amelia Beatrice / Beatrice Amelia
Cicely Beatrice
Coralie Beatrice
Cordelia Beatrice
Beatrice Eleanor / Eleanor Beatrice
Beatrice Felicity / Felicity Beatrice
Beatrice Guinevere
Helena Beatrice
Beatrice Heather
Josephine Beatrice / Beatrice Josephine
Kerenza Beatrice
Lowri Beatrice
Beatrice Lily
Beatrice Matilda
Minerva Beatrice
Naomi Beatrice

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I like Beatrice, but not as much as I did. When I started learning Italian (first year of uni) and realised how much nicer the Italian pronunciation is, it rather put me off the English one. I think it'd choose Beatrix over it, since an 'x' is quite spunky in a name. I always thought the best named royals were Beatrice and Eugenie, though :-)

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The princess is Beatrice Elizabeth Mary, which is fairly dull on the mn front I think. Eugenie Victoria Helena is gorgeous.

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Anyway, I digress! I think Celia and Sophia Beatrice make great names for sisters, and I don't think Persephone is a problem at all.

This message was edited 4/18/2007, 7:30 AM

Sophia Beatrice is very pretty. Sophie Beatrice is also gorgeous. IMO, I don't think Sophia Beatrice would stick out with Persephone because as Persephone has strong mythological connotations, Sophia Beatrice has strong religious and literature connotations of its own.

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I also think Sarah Beatrice would be adorable, but maybe a little too Duchess and Princess of York. :)

Persephone doesn't stick out at all, and I like Sophia and Celia as sisters.

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I'm a huge Beatrice fan - never used to like it, but recently it's grown on me a lot. One of my favourite combos with it is Isabel Beatrice.

Love, love, love it! [m]

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My 2nd daughter's name is Beatrice Elaine and I still think it's absolutely gorgeous!
Great sound and meaning! Two Thumbs up!

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Sophia Beatrice is also a gorgeous combination, as is Celia Persephone. THey match very well, though Celia Persephone is less common.

I think Celia Persephone and Sophia Beatrice are just two totally different names. Celia is whimsical. Sophia is classic.

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I do like Beatrice and Persephone and Sophia... although currently I can't think of any combinations.

I adore Beatrice. :) I like it best as a mn, too. It flows nicely with a lot of fn's (see suggestions below, lol).

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I think Celia Persephone and Sophia Beatrice is a nice sibset. My only 'issue' with it is the similarity in sound between Celia and Sophia. Mn's don't "stick out" too much to me in general, except in extreme cases (say if it were John Michael and Mary Cleopatra, lol).

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Augusta Beatrice
Cordelia Beatrice
Nora Beatrice
Estella Beatrice
Susannah Beatrice
Clara Beatrice
Lydia Beatrice

I LOVE Beatrice! Sophia Beatrice is beautiful. Why couldn't you use it?
I also like Celia Persephone.
The only weird thing about the sibset is that Celia Persephone is so much more unusual that Sophia Beatrice. Celia is much less used than Sophia, and Persephone is not as known as Beatrice. Perhaps Sophia Beatrix? Or another mythological name as a middle name? But no, I don't really think it would be weird.

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Beatrice Ariadne
Linnea Beatrice
Sophia Ismene
Beatrice Astraea
Sophia Delphine
Aurelia Beatrice

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Celia Persephone is a cool name.
I think it would be weird to pair this with Sophia Beatrice.

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I think that you can do better than Sophia Beatrice.

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Sophia Natalia
Sophia Natalie
Sophia Natasha
Sophia Paloma
Sophia Noemi
Sophia Yana
Sophia Lara
Sophia Nuria
Sophia Mireia
Sophia Xenia
Sophia Ivet
Sophia Paola

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I like Beatrice, but you might also consider Beatriz

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Salma Beatrice
Elena Beatrice
Chiara Beatrice
Yana Beatrice
Luna Beatrice

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Beatrice Ellen
Beatrice Chiara
Beatrice Elena
Beatrice Luna
Beatrice Mireia
Beatrice Ivet

Beatrice is a cute middle name. I prefer Celia Persephone (a memorable combo, in my opinion) to Sophia Beatrice. I would replace Sophia with something a little more distinctive, rather than replace Persephone with something more ordinary. Here are a couple of ideas:

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Artemisia Beatrice
Yasmin Beatrice
Imogen Beatrice
Daphne Beatrice
Stella Beatrice
Kalliope Beatrice
Nerissa Beatrice
Avelina Beatrice