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Beatrix!

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Beatrix is my top fav. girl name at the moment, I love it!

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I don't get beer-tricks AT ALL, I don't even know what beer-tricks is. Maybe I pronounce it differently, but I don't say BEER-trix, I say BEE-uh-trix. I think Beatrix is spunky and classy and just awesome. It also gives me this cool old-fashioned cute feel of Beatrix Potter, so I hear the name and think of my beloved Peter Rabbit.

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I feel Beatrice is too old-fashioned and stuffy, and all I see is beat rice.

Although I'm fond of both names, I prefer Beatrice to Beatrix.

I like Beatrix best, but I have to admit it's mostly because I think Trixie is a fantastic nickname :-)

Beatrix!

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It's one of my favorite names at the moment. I just like the "-trix" ending so much better.

I prefer Beatrice. FWIW, my fav. combo using this name is Lucy Beatrice.

Beatrix

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I love both, but prefer Beatrix. It's my second favorite female name.

Beatrice.

Beatrix..

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'beer tricks' never occurred to me.

Where are you from? Sometimes Beatrix sounds like Beer-tricks to me too, because I have a non-rhotic accent, which means I don't say my Rs unless there is a vowel following it.

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I've been trying to decide which I like best lately too- I think Beatrix is winning for now, as it feels truer to it's original etymology. Although sometimes I wonder if Beatrice ages better.

Beatrix

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far spunkier than sweet Beatrice. And I've loved Trixie forever (Old Trixie Belden fan here), so Beatrix wins for me.

I prefer Beatrice, the -trix part in names makes me think of dominatrix.

Beatrice

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I like them both. The problem is that I met a very uneducated and slutty (sorry) girl named Beatrice and a rather stupid and very conservative girl named Beatrix "Bea" at horse riding camp when I was about 14. I still remember them vividly, especially Beatrice who would tell us about her sex adventures and favorite sex positions (she was 13) uhm yeah. I met another mean girl named Beatrix "Trixie" in high school. So I have pretty bad associations with both names.

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However with Beatrix I can think of Beatrix Potter and with Beatrice I think of Ann Carter (child actress) who played a beautiful, wise, observing and educated little girl named Beatrice nn Bea in a 1940s movie. I just loved that character so it helped me push my negative Beatrice images aside.

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I prefer Beatrice and I like Bea (though I'd probably spell it Bee) as an occasional nickname. It seems more elegant than Beatrix plus you get Trixie from Beatrix which I dislike and I'd be scared people would call her that. You can't really go wrong with either but today my pick is Beatrice.

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I pronounce Beatrice as bay-ah-TREEZ, BAY-uh-treez or BEE-uh-tris and Beatrix as BEE-ah-trix so no beer tricks association.

This message was edited 1/7/2009, 1:42 PM

Beatrice.

Beatrix

I prefer Beatrice. I pronounce them differently (BEE-ə-tris and BEE-ə-triks). I just feel Beatrice looks and sounds prettier.

I much prefer Beatrice, I find the -trix in Beatrix harsh-sounding.

I prefer Beatrix. I really don't think it sounds like beer-tricks. I don't even think I've heard of that phrase before.