Bellerose - Thoughts?

So I just saw [name_f]Bellerose[/name_f] scroll across the top of the Nameberry Searches and I was intrigued! I’m really kind of smitten with this name! I tend to like really girly, feminine, frilly names. I’m curious to know what you Berries think? Is it too princess-y or whimsical?

I actually really love [name_f]Bellerose[/name_f], more than [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] (which is on my current loves list). Not sure it will stand the test of time, but it is really gorgeous and sweet for a little girl!

I do think it’s too whimsical and princess-y. Sorry. I’m down for [name_f]Bella[/name_f] or [name_f]Belle[/name_f] or [name_f]Rose[/name_f], but put them together and it’s just too little kid-ish. I’m 18 and going to university next year, and I know the first way I judge people is their name. Mickaylagh and Toyibat did not make the best first impression, and I’m sorry to say, [name_f]Bellerose[/name_f] wouldn’t either. Could it be a middle name?

I think Bellarose/[name_f]Bella[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f] sounds nicer, but it is pretty. Maybe a bit too cutesey for a lawyer/doctor/engineer, though. Perhaps [name_f]Belle[/name_f]/[name_f]Bella[/name_f] as a first, and [name_f]Rose[/name_f] or a variation as a middle?

Too cutesy

I find [name_f]Bellerose[/name_f] definitely very frilly. I am not a fan because while some frilly names like [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] or [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] have a history of use, [name_f]Bellerose[/name_f] sounds like just two names smoothed together. I don’t find it awful but [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] is much more lovely, in my opinion.

Thanks! I was just curious! Not planning on using it (our baby names are pretty much decided already and we aren’t even pregnant), but I found it rather lovely. :slight_smile:

I like [name_f]Bellerose[/name_f] as well! In theory :slight_smile: She would make an excellent character for a children’s book!

The problem with a name like [name_f]Bellerose[/name_f] for me, is what on earth do you call her brother? I’m drawing a complete blank, which is sort of unsettling considering how much time I spend on researching names!

[name_f]Bellerose[/name_f] sounds very princess-y in a Brothers Grimm sort of way. You know – castles, enchanted forests, maidens, etc.

I know forming petnames by adding [name_f]Belle[/name_f] is a practice sometimes used down South in the US, so maybe you could use [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] and call her [name_f]Bellerose[/name_f] as a cutesy name of endearment.

It’s very beautiful, and I like it. :slight_smile:

I think its pretty, stable, without being to clunky or frilly or fusty. Its not dated, but still contemporary and just the right girly-ness to it, but not to young-ish. I can see it wearing on a adult women which on an older women would feel demure and lush.

Call the Brother [name_u]Penrose[/name_u] [name_u]Fable[/name_u] and [name_f]Bellerose[/name_f] [name_u]Fable[/name_u], great twin names or at the very least sibset name. I’ve seen brother and sisters both have the same middle name.

I like Rosabel and especially [name_f]Rosalba[/name_f]. I like [name_f]Briar[/name_f] with the rose only implied, or maybe [name_f]Briar[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]. I love [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] and [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f].

Bellarose/[name_f]Bellerose[/name_f] has an odd rhythm to it though. I wish I liked it. I like Belphoebe. I like Belisent/Bellicent.

Maybe I should keep trying? In pronunciation, is it 2 or 3 syllables? [name_f]Belle[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f] to rhyme with Melrose sounds odd. I was thinking [name_f]Bella[/name_f]-rose.

I like it in theory. It’s a very sweet name. I don’t think I’ll ever want to use it myself though, mostly because I already have [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] and too many [name_f]Belle[/name_f] names on my short list. :stuck_out_tongue:

Yes, I find myself thinking I also have other [name_f]Rose[/name_f] names and other [name_f]Belle[/name_f] names. It’s a neat concept though.

I think Bellarosa sounds better

Great feedback, thanks! I’ll probably just put it on my GP list. Husband would probably think it was too much. :wink:

It’s pretty but it sounds so much like a neighborhood in [name_u]California[/name_u]. I don’t have the best association with a [name_f]Rose[/name_f], I just picture a mean self-centered girl.