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Few names are as bad as Beata; it is obnoxiously religious. Betania looks like a scientific name; it doesn’t seem like a name for any Homo sapien. Honestly, these names seem like they are from a different planet.

This message was edited 11/21/2024, 3:20 PM

I don't like either. Beata is dated here - not in an attractively old-fashioned way, with clunky charm, like Edith or Alma, but rather, like Debra or Karen.

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Betania Luján

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Beata Izabela

I love Beata but don't care for Betania (though I prefer it to Bethany).

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Beata Winifred
Beata Cecily/Cecilia
Beata Clarice
Beata Clementine
Beata Cosima
Beata Julian
Beata Vivien(ne)
Beata Leontine
Beata Caroline
Beata Gwendolen
Beata Eloise
Beata Sibyl
Beata Blanchefleur
Beata Florence/Florentine
Beata Juliet
Beata Christabel
Beata Rosemary

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Betania Violet
Betania Cecily
Betania Isabel
Betania Clare
Betania Genevieve
Betania Irene
Betania Iris
Betania Sibyl
Betania Prudence
Betania Emily

Betania is interesting, but I can't help but think of Betadine, one of the trade names for povidone-iodine. Beata is pretty, and it's a common word in my language (with the same Latin meaning); however, it has also acquired the meaning "prudish".

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Betania Claire
Betania Isabel
Betania Louise
Betania Ruby
Betania Therese

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Beata Imogen
Beata Lydia
Beata Margot
Beata Olivia
Beata Pearl

I prefer Bethany to Betania; culturally, I have no reason to use Betania. I also prefer Beatrice to Beata, which could easily sound like Beater if people unfamiliar with it tried an 'obvious' pronunciation.