See the results of this poll: Help us pick a name
Respondents: 36 (This poll is closed)
- Braam : 0 (0%)
- Bram : 5 (14%)
- Graham : 19 (53%)
- Peter: 12 (33%)
I think [name_f]Anne[/name_f] and [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] and lovely with either [name_m]Graham[/name_m] and [name_m]Peter[/name_m].
I love [name_m]Bram[/name_m] and [name_m]Graham[/name_m], but [name_m]Peter[/name_m] strikes me as fitting perfectly with [name_f]Anne[/name_f] and [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f].
I agree, [name_m]Peter[/name_m] and [name_m]Graham[/name_m] work best with your daughters names.
[name_m]Peter[/name_m] is one of my favorite names, so I had to vote for it. For me it would be between [name_m]Bram[/name_m] and [name_m]Peter[/name_m]; you already have a B name with [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], so [name_m]Peter[/name_m] would be my final choice.
The only reason I would not use [name_m]Graham[/name_m] is it can sound like [name_m]Gram[/name_m]/Grammy/Grandma - something my boyfriend pointed out, as his paternal grandmother is [name_m]Gram[/name_m] to him, and mine is Gramma. Before he said that, it was on my list.
Braam is great too, and will definitely look very Dutch with your last name, which I think is awesome, but most people will probably not pronounce it correctly the first (or second or third or any) time around. The double-A throws people off. I’ve noticed many people spell very old, established names incorrectly when they have the double-A: [name_m]Arron[/name_m] instead of [name_m]Aaron[/name_m], [name_m]Issac[/name_m] instead of [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], etc.
[name_m]Piet[/name_m] Mondriaan dropped one a when he became an internationally known painter. somehow it does seem to throw people off, i think Americans don’t pronounce vowels the same way the Dutch do… if you wanted them to know to pronounce it like [name_m]Brahm[/name_m] you’d probably have to spell it like that… or just go with [name_m]Bram[/name_m] / Braam and be ok with correcting them.