The Brilliant Book of Baby Names: What’s best, what’s hot and what’s not. Linda Rosenkrantz

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СКАЧАТЬ name. One of the most usable of the pleasant, newly adopted nature/water names (like Lake and Ocean), especially in middle position. Bae, Baye. International: Baie, Baye (French), Bahia, Estera (Spanish), Selka (Finnish), Zaliv (Russian), Bandar (Persian), Floi (Icelandic).

      BAYA. Spanish, ‘berry’. Maya is exotic, Baya is singular.

      BAYLEE. See BAILEY.

      

BAYLOR. English, ‘horse trainer’. Possible alternative to the tired Taylor. Bailer, Bailor, Bayler.

      

BAYO. African, Nigerian, Yoruba, ‘joy has found us’. Conjures up a Harry Belafonte-ish calypso beat.

      BEA. Diminutive of BEATRICE. Former old lady name gets cute again as a short form – but too brief to stand on its own.

      BEAH. Short form of BEATRICE. A rarely seen member of the Beatrice clan.

      BEATA. Swedish, Italian, ‘blessed’; Italian version pronounced bay-AH-tah. Playground alert: apt to be mispronounced Beeta – or ‘beat her’. Bea, Beatta.

      BEATHA. (BEH-tha) Irish, ‘life, livelihood’. Another candidate for mispronunciation. Betha.

      Water Names

Aqua	Lake
Aquarius	Loire
Arno	Lucerne
Bay	Marina
Bayou	Marsh
Brook	Misty
Cascade	Neptune
Caspian	Nile
Como	Oceane
Danube	Po
Delta	Rain
Evian	Rainey
Firth	Rio
Fjord	River
Ford	Tahoe
Harbor	Thames
Hudson	Wade
Jordan	Zambezi
Laguna	Zarya

      

BEATRICE. Latin, ‘blessed’ or ‘she who brings happiness’. Beatrice is back. Stored in the attic for almost a century, this lovely name with a long literary (Shakespeare, Dante) and royal history is being looked at with fresh eyes by parents (such as Paul McCartney) seeking a classic name with character and lots of upbeat nicknames. Bea, Beah, Beat, Beata, Beatie, Bee, Beatris, Beatriss, Bice, Trix, Trixi, Trixie, Trixy. International: Beatha (Irish), Beitris (Scottish Gaelic), Betrys (Welsh,) Béatrice (French), Beatrice (Italian), Beatriz (Spanish), Beatrix (Dutch), Beatrisa (German), Beate (Norwegian).

      

BEATRIX. Latin, ‘blessed’ or ‘she who brings happiness’. Beatrix has a solid history of its own (think Beatrix Potter), and that final x adds a playful, animated note.

      BEATRIZ. Spanish variation of BEATRICE. Another attractive translation of Beatrice, popular with Hispanic parents.

      BEBE. Diminutive of BEATRICE, BEATRIX. High-kicking cohort of Coco, Gigi, Fifi, Kiki, et al. Beebee, Bibi.

      BECCA. Diminutive of REBECCA. The currently preferred replacement for Becky, sometimes used on its own. Beccah, Becka, Beckah, Bekka, Bekkah.

      

BECHET. French surname. Naming babies for personal heroes is the cool contemporary trend followed by Woody Allen when he honoured New Orleans jazz musician Sidney Bechet in his daughter’s name. Has a nice, catchy Gallic feel.

      BECHETTE. French, ‘little spade’. Pronounced Beshette, this unfamiliar French appellation sounds fresh and feminine.

      

BECK. English, ‘one living beside a small stream’, short form of REBECCA. Although the single-named singer is male, this remains a girl’s nickname name.

      BECKY. Diminutive of REBECCA. One of СКАЧАТЬ